Respect?!
Sure are a lot of apologies for the roles the Soviets played in this war. Considering the Red Army invaded and occupied the eastern half of Poland 17 days after the Wehrmacht, I don't see why anyone would give Moscow a pass. Less they were conditioned or biased to do so. If WWII began based on Germany's invasion of Poland, why is the USSR's status as an Allie valid? Stalin was an equal partner in starting the war, enabled Hitlers aggressions with raw materiels necessary to conduct war, applauded the French defeat....and boo-hoo, Hitler stabbed Stalin in the back. A very cozy MRP that freed Germany to conquer Western Europe and enabled Stalin to devour the Baltics, wage a war against Finland, take land from Romania, and collude with the Nazis all the way up to June 22, 1941.
So @#$! the respect.
what ails most madmen is realitys grasp or escape, a paralysis of analysis