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John1956PA

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4. I remember this 1930s cartoon from one of my college humanities/history courses.

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 08:34 PM

Mar 2020

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The September 30, 1939, invasion of Poland by those two countries was beyond horrific. My father would tell me that he was jubilant when Hitler turned on the USSR in June 1941. As you say, Hitler's army made a powerful push. However, the broad expanse of the terrain and the steadfastness of the Soviet soldiers wore down the German army.

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