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RZM

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1. Today is also another anniversary in Soviet history

Reply to spazzmann (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 03:43 PM

Mar 2013

Though far less peace and justice-ey.

On March 5, 1940, Stalin and his top deputies signed off on the execution of thousands of captured Polish military officers and other undesirables from Poland. These were some of the people who were shot at Katyn and several other sites over the next couple months.

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Today is also another anniversary in Soviet history RZM Mar 2013 #1