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Stuart G

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2. Stalin was also totally unprepared for the invasion by Hitler..He refused to believe the infomration

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 08:24 PM

Mar 2020

that was given to him about Hitler preparing to invade. He thought he had made a deal with Hitler, and that Hitler was going to keep his word. I read that the German's got within a few miles from Moscow. Stalin was a butcher just as you said. What an awful person.

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