It sucks how much the narrative has become that the USSR insideously sabotaged the Republican war effort (for some reason) by providing them with by far the most material aid.
Don't ask people mad about the "Soviet betrayal" in the SCW who's tanks, fighter planes, bombers, and brave soldiers helped ensure not a single fascist stepped foot into Madrid between October to November of 1936.
Like you want to talk about ¡No Pasarán! ? Why not mention how people like Tank Commander Lieutenant Semyon Osadchy and Tank Commander Leutenant Alexei Razgulyaev, who had cojones so big that after long drawn-out fights and being left with the choice between choosing surrendering or retreating to fascist forces they chose to ram their fucking tanks into the fascists and take their tanks with them to the afterlife.
There is a rich, and extremely unexamined historical side of the SCW that's been marginalized or outright ignored. It has great lessons to draw from in both the positive and negative.
It sucks how much the narrative has become that the USSR insideously sabotaged the Republican war effort (for some reason) by providing them with by far the most material aid.
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Don't ask people mad about the "Soviet betrayal" in the SCW who's tanks, fighter planes, bombers, and brave soldiers helped ensure not a single fascist stepped foot into Madrid between October to November of 1936.
Like you want to talk about ¡No Pasarán! ? Why not mention how people like Tank Commander Lieutenant Semyon Osadchy and Tank Commander Leutenant Alexei Razgulyaev, who had cojones so big that after long drawn-out fights and being left with the choice between choosing surrendering or retreating to fascist forces they chose to ram their fucking tanks into the fascists and take their tanks with them to the afterlife.
There is a rich, and extremely unexamined historical side of the SCW that's been marginalized or outright ignored. It has great lessons to draw from in both the positive and negative.