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by boomboomsubban 2115 days ago
*39. The alternative was likely German occupation of the whole region, and from that perspective their statement makes sense.
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koonsolo 2115 days ago
Sure, just like they "freed" eastern europe from the Germans...
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agapon 2115 days ago
Which Nazi Germany did anyway, just a short time later.

It seems that holding joint parades, signing secret pacts, sacrificing Comintern, etc, still did not help much.

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boomboomsubban 2115 days ago
>seems that holding joint parades, signing secret pacts, sacrificing Comintern, etc, still did not help much.

Neither did appeasement. The correct response to Ribbentrop's suggestions was war on Germany, just like the correct choice at the Munich agreement was war on Germany. Beyond that, you're just choosing between bad options.

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