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by brudgers 4484 days ago
The Soviet Union was always a US ally during the period of the war in which the US was a combatant. With 26,000,000 or so dead, [1] it is hard argue that they put any lower value on lives in Warsaw than its own citizens.[2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_the...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtrafbat#.22Trampler.22_mine-...