▲ 115 ▼ New NYT lore just dropped, USSR started WW2 (lemmygrad.ml) submitted 3 years ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Anatolianin@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 3 years ago (2 children) I guess when USSR and Reich supported opposite sides during Spanish civil war it was a clear sign of friendship or something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ComradeEd@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 years ago* That was just some socialist infighting. (just like the camps, or something IDK) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't recall this ever being mentioned in educational materials. I do recall my history schoolbook talking about Molotov-Ribbentrop "pact", but never anything else. Not the Spanish civil war and who supported who there, not the many agreements between European countries and Nazis, nothing. IIRC it mentioned a "joint parade" between USSR and Nazis in Poland, though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anatolianin@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) TFW even my somewhat lib history teacher told us that Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was to buy time to prepare for war. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago That was the common understanding in the 2000s as far as I can recall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ComradeEd@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 years ago* That was just some socialist infighting. (just like the camps, or something IDK) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't recall this ever being mentioned in educational materials. I do recall my history schoolbook talking about Molotov-Ribbentrop "pact", but never anything else. Not the Spanish civil war and who supported who there, not the many agreements between European countries and Nazis, nothing. IIRC it mentioned a "joint parade" between USSR and Nazis in Poland, though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anatolianin@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) TFW even my somewhat lib history teacher told us that Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was to buy time to prepare for war. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago That was the common understanding in the 2000s as far as I can recall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anatolianin@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) TFW even my somewhat lib history teacher told us that Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was to buy time to prepare for war. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago That was the common understanding in the 2000s as far as I can recall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago That was the common understanding in the 2000s as far as I can recall. permalink fedilink source parent
