Maresyev was a GREAT MAN refused to be handicapped when medics cut his both legs just below knee. Had he done it for Stalin? regime of tyranny? Please...
So you basically are saying that Soviet Union was not a tyranny during WWII?
Think this:
He fought against tyranny, ie Hitler and germany. So german soldiers fought for tyranny.
He was soldier too like those germans fighting for tyranny. If (and when) Soviet Union was tyranny, he was just like those germans, fighting for tyranny against tyranny.
Simple eh?
Thank god their invaded and grabed some land. Because if that would not have been done, in 1941 Leningrad would have been overrun in a matter of months.
Actually Soviet's might have been better of for not attacking Finland and securing a buffer zone near Leningrad. That buffer zone was recaptured (and some genuine SU territory) by Finland during early Barbarossa. If Soviet Union would have left Finns alone we wouldn't have attacked Soviet Union at all, making supply of Leningrad much easier and preventing the lenghty siege.
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