Originally posted by Hangtime
You scewed the Poles, not us. Eyeball their treatment in your country after the war, sidelined at the victory parades. The Polish government and free forces fled to England after the Gemans conquored 'em. They fought with British units. Not American. Your 'deportation' of their free troops back to Russian Occupied Poland and certain execution..
I think you're getting mixed up here.
The "deportations back to execution" were of forces that had fought with the Germans, not against them, eg Cossacks.
The Poles serving with British forces were not deported, they were given a choice to return to Poland or stay in Britain. Just over half (123,000) stayed, about 105,000 went home, and were not executed.
From General Anders' memoirs:
""They were, however, obviously sincere, and there was every reason for gratitude to them for the assurances they gave that no soldiers would be repatriated against their will, and that demobilisation would not be hurried. For me, there was, indeed, no alternative but to agree with their proposals. If I disagreed, I should have been asked, "what then ?" and have had no answer, while Britain, to her great credit, was the only country which realised that there was a moral obligation to these soldiers who had fought so long by the side of the Allies and which was therefore prepared to make provision for the future of all who would not risk returning home.""
Yes, we took a part of bthe abandonment of Poland after the war.. But it was England that did the deed. Don't try that Boroda re-direct crap on this side of the pond, Skydancer.
Most historians agree it was Roosevelt who was either taken in by Stalin at Yalta, or who was too ill to stand up to him. The post war allocation of eastern Europe certainly owes more to Roosevelt than Churchill, although Stalin and facts on the ground were by far the most important factors.
