Posted on Sep 8, 2018
In 1945, the Navy Secretly Handed Over 150 Warships to Russia for an Invasion of Japan
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This story almost sounds like something out of William Shatner's weird or what?
In 1945, the Navy Secretly Handed Over 150 Warships to Russia for an Invasion of Japan
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Nope not shocking at all. US allied itself with a Stalin led Russia. Like making a deal with the devil. We didn’t care about the consequences.
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I just thought it was interesting. What kind of funny is that Vladimir Putin is mad that the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania broke away from the USSR but yet they were negotiated away and secret between Stalin and Hitler before the invasion of Poland on one September 1939. It's funny how Russia also wants Poland back to but pulling was stolen as well when the Russians invaded Poland a few weeks later.
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LTC (Join to see) Not Surprised in the Least, Definitely "Strange Bedfellows" but the Soviets were Our "Allies" at the Time but hadn't committed to the War on Japan, A Little Bribery in the Way of Military Aid has always been Popular. If We Knew what the Bomb would do and Used it this Is Nothing Comparatively Speaking.
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Yes, I'm well aware that we were being pressured by Stalin to take pressure off of his forces and that's why we invaded with and French forces in Operation Torch, also called The Invasion North Africa, and later on the Italian front and later at Normandy. Yes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC (Join to see) Perspective, Perspective, Perspective, Remember I Helped Sell Repair Parts for US Weapons Systems to the Iranians, Using the Israelis as Middle Men. LOL!
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The Lend-Lease policy, formally titled An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States, (Pub.L. 77–11, H.R. 1776, 55Stat.31, enacted March11, 1941)[1] was an American program to defeat Germany, Japan and Italy by distributing food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and August 1945. The aid went to the United Kingdom, China, and later the Soviet Union, Free France, and other Allied nations. It included warships and warplanes, along with other...
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