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US Ambassador Defends Poland From Russian World War II Claims

Associated Press

   WARSAW - The U.S. ambassador in Warsaw came to Poland's defense on
   Monday following repeated claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin
   that Poland bears blame for the outbreak of World War II.

   "Dear President Putin, Hitler and Stalin colluded to start WWII. That
   is a fact. Poland was a victim of this horrible conflict," Ambassador
   Georgette Mosbacher said on Twitter in English and Polish -- though not
   in Russian.

     Dear President Putin, Hitler and Stalin colluded to start WWII. That
     is a fact. Poland was a victim of this horrible conflict.
     -- Georgette Mosbacher (@USAmbPoland) [1]December 30, 2019

     Drogi Prezydencie Putin, to Hitler i Stalin zmówili siÄ, aby
     rozpoczÄÄ II wojnÄ ÅwiatowÄ. To jest fakt. Polska byÅa ofiarÄ tego
     okropnego konfliktu.
     -- Georgette Mosbacher (@USAmbPoland) [2]December 30, 2019

   World War II began Sept. 1, 1939, when Nazi German troops invaded
   Poland. Two weeks later, the Soviet Red Army invaded from the east, in
   what Poles still call a "stab in the back." The dual occupation came
   days after the Nazi and Soviet regimes had signed a pact with a secret
   protocol to carve up Poland and the Baltic states. Some six million
   Polish citizens were killed in the war, with Poland putting up
   resistance throughout.

   Recently Putin has been arguing that the collusion of Western powers
   with Adolf Hitler paved the way for World War II. He has singled out
   Poland in particular, casting it as an anti-Semitic country that
   welcomed Hitler's plans to destroy Europe's Jews.

   Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki protested Putin's words on
   Sunday, saying they are deliberate "lies" and arguing that Putin is
   trying to deflect attention from recent political failures by Russia.
   

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   2. https://twitter.com/USAmbPoland/status/1211588886096420870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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