▲ 0 ▼ Popular WWII Historians be like: Stalin big stupid, big cruel. Impressive Wehrmacht so strong yet defeat themselves. Noble British/US, win war. (hexbear.net) submitted 3 years ago by Wordplay@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments Can someone please recommend me some reading or watching that isn't entirely infused with cold war rancor towards the USSR?
[–] MaoistLandlord@hexbear.net 1 point 3 years ago* (3 children) Soviet preemptive invasion of Poland: bad Soviet-British preemptive invasion of Iran: good :us-foreign-policy: permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DoubleShot@hexbear.net 1 point 3 years ago In WW2 the British kinda/sorta invaded Iceland against their will. Ostensibly to "secure" Iceland from falling to the Nazis but the Icelanders weren't really given a choice in the matter IIRC. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bluescreen@hexbear.net 1 point 3 years ago British and French were ready to pre-emptively invade Norway. Had troops right off the coast ready to disembark. Germans beat them to the mark by a day or two. They then smoothly switched gears to an "intervention" and the corporate media covered for them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 1 point 3 years ago Hey now, Libs also ignore Poland invading the Easternmost bit of huwhite Czechoslovakia just as it was being nommed by the Nazis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoubleShot@hexbear.net 1 point 3 years ago In WW2 the British kinda/sorta invaded Iceland against their will. Ostensibly to "secure" Iceland from falling to the Nazis but the Icelanders weren't really given a choice in the matter IIRC. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bluescreen@hexbear.net 1 point 3 years ago British and French were ready to pre-emptively invade Norway. Had troops right off the coast ready to disembark. Germans beat them to the mark by a day or two. They then smoothly switched gears to an "intervention" and the corporate media covered for them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 1 point 3 years ago Hey now, Libs also ignore Poland invading the Easternmost bit of huwhite Czechoslovakia just as it was being nommed by the Nazis. permalink fedilink source parent