Sold them out? It’s not like the allies could do much against Stalin at that point.
Redar45 on
As a result of World War II, Poles lost approximately 6 million citizens, many cultural works and monuments, and many representatives of the intelligentsia – scientists, doctors, artists. Not to mention the fact that the entire economy was in ruins.
At the Yalta conference, in turn, the Poles were sold to Stalin, who took away the Eastern Borderlands (Lviv located there was one of the largest Polish scientific and cultural centers), in return handing over the robbed and destroyed “Recovered Territories”. Moreover, he completed the slaughter of the intelligentsia that had survived the Germans, and his communist economic policy ruined Poles’ chances for a decent life for many years. I won’t mention censorship, secret police or “unknown murderers”.
Crismisterica on
It’s not like they had a choice or could do anything to save them however Churchill tried but Roosevelt sold them out as he basically became a yes man to Stalin the entire war until his death.
JackThaBongRipper on
poland is such a beautiful country. it makes me so sad that they have essentially been used as history’s speed-bump
Slow_Fish2601 on
The last panel should have added “kurwa!!!” To it
SlyScorpion on
The blue in the Polish flag stands for “reliable allies”.
I hope we spend 10% of our GDP for NATO because I don’t want my country to get Yalta’d again.
manwiththehex18 on
Lienz Cossacks: “First time?”
recoveringpatriot on
It is weird that they were worth going to war to save them from Hitler, but not Stalin.
aknalag on
They should’ve seen that coming Britain and france have history of screwing over allied resistance/rebellions.
snakebakingcake on
I mean yeah it’s really shitty what happened to poland but there was nothing the US and UK could do at that point
H_SE on
Didn’t they sell them from the start?
DutchMapping on
Not much they could do. Stalin wanted to reach as far west as possible, no way he would’ve given up Poland.
Intrepid00 on
Even at the time the
TaftIsUnderrated on
Woody Guthrie lyrics from More War News (1940)
>I see where Hitler is a talking peace
Since Russia has met him face to face
He had just got his war machine a rollin’
Coasting along and taking Poland.
Stalin stepped in, took a big strip of Poland
And gave the lands back to the farmers.
A lot of little countries to Russia ran
To get away from the Hitler man
If I’d been living in Poland then-
I’d been glad Stalin stepped in
This is what i think when i see people with “this machine kills fascists” signs…
Quick-Ad8277 on
If you got a way to secure Poland independence from the URSS after the ww2 without triggering ww3 that every leader at the time didn’t have I be glad to hear it…
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Its not like they had a choice.
Sold them out? It’s not like the allies could do much against Stalin at that point.
As a result of World War II, Poles lost approximately 6 million citizens, many cultural works and monuments, and many representatives of the intelligentsia – scientists, doctors, artists. Not to mention the fact that the entire economy was in ruins.
At the Yalta conference, in turn, the Poles were sold to Stalin, who took away the Eastern Borderlands (Lviv located there was one of the largest Polish scientific and cultural centers), in return handing over the robbed and destroyed “Recovered Territories”. Moreover, he completed the slaughter of the intelligentsia that had survived the Germans, and his communist economic policy ruined Poles’ chances for a decent life for many years. I won’t mention censorship, secret police or “unknown murderers”.
It’s not like they had a choice or could do anything to save them however Churchill tried but Roosevelt sold them out as he basically became a yes man to Stalin the entire war until his death.
poland is such a beautiful country. it makes me so sad that they have essentially been used as history’s speed-bump
The last panel should have added “kurwa!!!” To it
The blue in the Polish flag stands for “reliable allies”.
I hope we spend 10% of our GDP for NATO because I don’t want my country to get Yalta’d again.
Lienz Cossacks: “First time?”
It is weird that they were worth going to war to save them from Hitler, but not Stalin.
They should’ve seen that coming Britain and france have history of screwing over allied resistance/rebellions.
I mean yeah it’s really shitty what happened to poland but there was nothing the US and UK could do at that point
Didn’t they sell them from the start?
Not much they could do. Stalin wanted to reach as far west as possible, no way he would’ve given up Poland.
Even at the time the
Woody Guthrie lyrics from More War News (1940)
>I see where Hitler is a talking peace
Since Russia has met him face to face
He had just got his war machine a rollin’
Coasting along and taking Poland.
Stalin stepped in, took a big strip of Poland
And gave the lands back to the farmers.
A lot of little countries to Russia ran
To get away from the Hitler man
If I’d been living in Poland then-
I’d been glad Stalin stepped in
This is what i think when i see people with “this machine kills fascists” signs…
If you got a way to secure Poland independence from the URSS after the ww2 without triggering ww3 that every leader at the time didn’t have I be glad to hear it…