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2025-09-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin called for depoliticizing Stalin's contribution to the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

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Posted by badanov 2025-09-19 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1791 views ] Top

1 So, could Stalin have won WWII
Without help from the West? Here's a clue:
Russia needed the Krauts
To knock Warsaw right out
Before rump-rustling Poland.
["Jetzt du."]

The Hiwi-Hive, or, The Ape of Germany. Not that they hadn't been assiduously aping one another long before '39.

Posted by Ho Chi Hupavirong8263 2025-09-19 00:48|| 2025-09-19 00:48|| Front Page Top

2 Killing Tukhachevsky was a great contribution!

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-09-19 11:14|| 2025-09-19 11:14|| Front Page Top

3 And could Stalin have won his great war
For the Nazis beneath a red star?
"Shoot, I practically did,
But those mettlesome... kids
In America propped up the tsar!"

Posted by Ho Chi Hupavirong8263 2025-09-19 16:17|| 2025-09-19 16:17|| Front Page Top

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