Tango01 | 04 Oct 2014 3:35 p.m. PST |
…AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS SIGNIFICANCE AS A PUBLIC AND HISTORICAL ISSUE IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN, 1940-1993. Quite interesting reading here. link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
14Bore | 04 Oct 2014 4:26 p.m. PST |
I will save and read it since it is a story I know. |
Generalstoner49 | 04 Oct 2014 4:50 p.m. PST |
Can never be forgotten nor forgiven. |
Editor in Chief Bill | 04 Oct 2014 5:10 p.m. PST |
Written by game designer Louis R. Coatney |
David Hinkley | 04 Oct 2014 9:33 p.m. PST |
I took an upper division World War II history class from a Professor who just missed being there. He was a Second Lieutenant in a Polish AA unit that was captured by the Russians. When the Russians began to separate the officers from the enlisted several NCOs spoke up for him, stating he was "a Socialist almost Communist", so he was grouped with the Ems. Over half of the Officers in his unit turned up in Katyn, the rest have never been found. Interesting character to say the least, he went on to serve in AA units in France, Scapa Flow, SOE and ended up the personal secretary to the Polish Prime Minister in Exile (British version) when the British sold out the Poles. When asked which he disliked worse the Russians or the English, He said it was like where a pair of shoes that are too small and trying to figure out which hurt more. |
Legion 4 | 05 Oct 2014 10:57 a.m. PST |
A horrific tragedy … and a classic example of Stalinist methods, lies and propaganda … |
tuscaloosa | 05 Oct 2014 1:53 p.m. PST |
"…when the British sold out the Poles." Based apparently on the belief that Great Britain owed the Poles nothing less than an immediate declaration of war on the Soviet Union in 1945. Right. |
John the OFM | 05 Oct 2014 4:18 p.m. PST |
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Legion 4 | 06 Oct 2014 7:11 a.m. PST |
That is true … for better or worse … |
Johannes Brust | 06 Oct 2014 8:47 a.m. PST |
Great article…well worth reading |
Tango01 | 06 Oct 2014 9:37 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend. Amicalement Armand |
Thomas Thomas | 07 Oct 2014 8:41 a.m. PST |
The Soviets murdered Poles, the UK recognized an sad political reality (and had gone to war in '40 to help Poland). Not exactly the same level of behavior. TomT |
Louis Coatney | 02 Nov 2014 5:26 p.m. PST |
Glad you like my thesis, Armand. :-) But Albion really was Perfidious about Katyn long after the war. And the point was made in a recent documentary about the Polish squadrons in the Battle of Britain that Poles were specifically excluded from the postwar victory parade presided over by King George. The Katyn controversy is OVER. The Russians admitted Stalin did it – he did far worse to them – and even helped the Poles find out the truth. The Russians went through a century of absolute hell, and do not deserve to be threatened and vilified – betrayed and mistreated – by the West, as they have been since our Budapest Memorandum/treaty-breaking $5 USD billion Kiev coup. |