Reading Churchill on Stalin's betrayal of the Poles during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, it is impossible not to share his anger. His account of events as they unfolded, giving the context for this quote from Sept 4th 1944, follow in the thread. #WarsawUprising
The Soviets (and now Russians) deny they deliberately provoked the Warsaw Poles to rise up - with the intention of engineering the destruction of all those who might form a post-war anti-communist resistance. WSC was in no doubt that was Stalin's intention.
The Soviets refuse to have anything to do with the beleaguered Poles, the 'adventure in Warsaw' or help the Allies who need Soviet refuelling facilities to drop munitions and food.
WSC: Soviet obstruction will result in "wholesale massacre". That of course was their aim.
By late Aug, the situation is becoming desperate. WSC and Roosevelt appeal again to Stalin. He replies that the Warsaw fighters are a "group of criminals".
Sept 4th 1944: It's now obvious Stalin's actions are intentional. The cabinet are united in anger. The reason why Attlee and Bevin, present then & soon to be post war Labour PM & For Sec , were so hostile to the USSR & pro-Soviets in their party, must lie in events such as these
Oct 2nd 1944: The end.
It's sickening to read. A crime against humanity. For Poland it was not an end to the suffering, but the beginning of a new chapter of it. Stalin, revealed in all his evil, covering for his failure in the 1920 Soviet/Polish war, had had his revenge.
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