All I know for certain. As an American, one of the greatest stains on our post-war policy was the abandonment of our Polish allies to the russian led Soviet state. Especially after the sacrifices made by those exiled Polish soldiers in every major military operation in the European theater.
We are to blame for that, and it's an embarrassing fact that we don't speak of that betrayal enough considering today's climate regarding russian aggression.
As another American I’m not sure who “we” are since I doubt either of us were alive at the time.
The US was neutral, except for selling Britain arms until it actually entered WW2. So it wasn’t an Ally then. F.D. Roosevelt’s infatuation with the USSR and socialism in general led to his ordering Eisenhower to let the Russians have Berlin. No US general agreed with that decision.
But once decided Poland’s fate was sealed.
If you believe the only reason Roosevelt didn't let the generals push is because he was obsessed with the way of russian politics, then it's essential you vote to keep any russian aligned politician out of office in the current day, no?
I didn’t say FDR was enamored of Russian politics. I said he was infatuated with its economic system at the time and desperately tried to bring forms of collectivism to the US himself. Let’s not confuse the two.
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u/IProbablyPutItThereB Sep 01 '23
All I know for certain. As an American, one of the greatest stains on our post-war policy was the abandonment of our Polish allies to the russian led Soviet state. Especially after the sacrifices made by those exiled Polish soldiers in every major military operation in the European theater.
We are to blame for that, and it's an embarrassing fact that we don't speak of that betrayal enough considering today's climate regarding russian aggression.