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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Russia Accuses Poland of Starting Second World War


The following suggests that the Russian Defense Ministry studied history under the same professors as President Obama, as evidenced by his speech at Cairo University.

Russia has accused Poland of provoking the outbreak of the Second World War by refusing to accede to the "very modest" demands of Nazi Germany.


From The Telegraph
By Adrian Blomfield

The Russian defence ministry posted a potentially inflammatory essay on its website which claimed Poland resisted Germany's ultimatums in 1939 only because it "wanted to obtain the status of a great power".

The lengthy diatribe, which is unlikely to be welcomed in Warsaw, also lashed out at Britain and France for giving the Poles "delusions of grandeur" by promising to intercede if the Nazis invaded.

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