Re: Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War

Serge (aka. "bringyagrogalong") <sofala@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>Anyone with even an elementary knowledge of history knows that Stalin
>was forced to sign that pact in order to give himself time to build up
>his defences against the impending Nazi onslaught.

So, how did executing thousands of competent soldiers qualify as "building

up his defences"?

BTW, what was his excuse for invading Poland and Finland, hmmmm?

>Just be thankful that Stalin did sign it. Without his brilliance in
>engineering the Soviet Union's total destruction of the Nazis you may
>well be speaking German right now.

His "brilliance" required a harsh Russian winter and American help to
avoid 
being completely wiped out though. Hehehe

Joseph Stalin: the Zapp Brannigan of WW2 :)