CHURCHILL'S ALLIANCE | 2008-03-28
Nobody is allowed to notice that 1) TWO cuntries made a pact and TWO countries invaded Poland in Septmber of 1939and the Glorious Allies, who were "obligated" to protect Poland, declared war on only one of them.
Britain said it was upset at Hitler for bullying small countries. So, while Britain was warring against Germany, Stalin went ahead and siezed all three Baltic countries and invaded Finland.
But when Germany invaded Russia, Churchill immediately ALLIED with Stalin. Since most people don't even notice that TWO countris invaded Poland and Britain declared war against only one of them, the reason I put ALLIED in caps will be of no interest to the average person.
I used to instruct international law, and there is giant difference between two countries fighting he same country and two countries being ALLIES. Finland later made it very clear that she was fighting Russia, but she was not an ALLY of the Axis.
In 1812 the United States declared war on Britain, but she was never an ALLY of Napolean.
This is no quibble. There were many life-and-death cases where this distinction was vital.
In Churchill's case, he promised refuge to the Vlasov fighters against Stalin, got them in his hands, and then turned turned them over to his Ally. His promise, he said, was a subterfuge of war.
Since he was an ALLY of Stalin, Churchill intimated, the Vlasov men were not negiotiating with someone independent of Stalin. They were negotiating with an ALLY of Stalin, a single unit.
Oh, yes, there is a reason why I capitalize that word ALLY.