And it was the Soviets who started,and perpetuated,the rumor that Pope Pius XII was a Nazi sympathizer.The Poles,probably more than any other people,suffered during WWII and its aftermath.They were brutally invaded and occupied by the Germans in 1939 and brutally “liberated” and occupied by the Soviets from 1945 to 1990.The struggle between the Nazis and the Soviets,like so many other struggles,was one that you’d wish *both* sides could have lost.
“The struggle between the Nazis and the Soviets,like so many other struggles,was one that you’d wish *both* sides could have lost.”
Sort of like this November.
Don't forget Poland was invaded from the east by the Soviets 16 days after the Germans invaded from the west.
The Soviets invaded Poland with Hitler in 1939.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
Actually the best case scenario would have been for Hitler to take Moscow and put Stalin at risk of being overthrown by the likes of Khrushchev, who certainly while not a saint, would have been much better than Stalin.