Your countries Military.

[Gandalf]

By the way, we were taught in school that the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a treaty, and that they each took some of Poland. I don't think it was that simple :roll:, but it wasn't really described in detail, so thats where people might be coming from...

That was the treaty I mentioned earlier.

What is scary is that history seems to be repeating. Russia is not heard on their concerns by the NATO, just like the League of Nations did not listen to them.
This forced Russia to make a treaty with Germany, and can now force Russia to make closer ties to countries like China, India and Iran.
 
If the NATO countries ever want to stop being scared of Russia, they should understand and cooperate. Nobody knows better than the Russians how people in the old Soviet republics think.

[Jubin]

 
When Germany decided to stretch it borders by attacking there was a clear chance that Germany would conwquer all of Poland, including areas that were assigned to the Soviets. As a result, the Soviet Union placed their troops on the former Russian territories of Poland, starting September 17, 1939.
From a Russian point of view, this was not invasion of another country, but taking control of the territories that were theirs before.
As this was managed in 2 days until they met in Brest, one can not even call this a war.

Russia in the same year started a campaign aganst Finland, to regain territories they lost prior.

Gandalf, so are you saying that Soviet Union acted right? Because, they really didn't have an permission to place their troops onto Poland's land, which were rightfully Poland's by the Treaty of Riga.
Same goes to Finland, these areas, what Soviet Union conquered were rightfully Finland's by Treaty of Tartu.

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