Professor David Reynolds , another classic presentation. I can watch them over and over again. They are superb history , easy to understand . More please !
Hardly. By occupying the eastern half of Poland they creating a buffer (in terms of space) between the Soviet Union and Germany as otherwise the Germans would have over-run the entirety of Poland.
September 1939 British Prime minister Nevil Chamberlain declared war on Germany following Germany's invasion of Poland. June 1941 Hitler attacked the USSR. December 7th 1941 the USA joined the war when they were attacked by the Japanese and when some days later, Hitler declared war on the USA. Britain was on its own for over two years, held out in France for as long as possible and defended itself successfully in the Battle of Britain. Holding out on your own for more than 2 years is hardly crying out for help from anyone.
With all due respect, a completely idiotic statement. Russia provided the manpower to do the lionshare of the fighting to destroy the Wehrmacht, but they would have collapsed like a house of cards, if not for the unimaginable amount of aid the USA and Britain provided them
In the wartime propaganda series "Why We Fight", they indirectly referred to Stalin's speech. I don't know if what they said about his speech was accurate, but regardless, this was how they interpreted it: "(...) this war is not an ordinary war, it is a war of the entire Russian people, not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our head, but to aid all people groaning under the yolk of Fascism."
Joseph Stalin did so much good not just for Russia but the world as a whole, that it is a tragedy and I mean a tragedy, that he did not receive the Nobel prize for peace.
Stalin was a lot of things but he wasn't a complete idiot except in Military matters he was as inept as Hitler was at it! After the war he exiled kzuhkov because only he the depths of Stalin's military idocy
Best Russian leaders.... 1) General Mudinsky 2) General Wintersky 3) Marshal Masifkaya-Distansky 4) Marshal Humansky-Resoursky 5) Admiral Lendleasky Geography, more than brillance, won the war...
