WWII Quiz

I think they said something about the protection of the White or Belo Russian people, but this is from memory. Protection was often used as a euphemism to invade.
 
Doppleganger said:
That isn't it. Keep trying. :)
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You sure?

The two "justifications" I have managed to find were:

n Sunday, September 17th, Lublin surrendered to the Germans. On the same day at 4.00am, the Red Army invaded Poland from the east to "liberate" and "protect" Belorussians and Ukrainians living in the Eastern Poland from their "Polish Masters"
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http://www.achtungpanzer.com/articles/polcamp.htm
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To justify its actions, the Soviet Union issued a declaration that the Polish state had ceased to exist, and that the Soviet actions were intended to protect the Ukrainians and Belarusians who inhabited the eastern part of Poland.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland_(1939)
 
Molotov Ribbentrop Pact included a secret protocol, in which the independent countries of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania were divided into Spheres of Interest of the Soviets and Germany.

The soviets were claming their land.
 
When the Poles refused to sign an anti-German alliance with the Soviet Union (due to their hatred of communism) the USSR signed the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact and invaded.
 
You are all coming up with details surrounding the Soviet invasion of Poland and some motivations (excuses) as to why but not the actual reason. It's very simple.
 
Well that would be pretty hard to legally justify I would think. A pre-emptive strike is an invasion but the Soviets had a reason that in their eyes justified it.
 
The Russians apparently claimed they were protecting the Poles from the Germans although I am finding this hard to verify.

Soviet claims that Eastern Poland was doing just fine or better under the occupation of the "liberating" Red Army; the Soviets "protecting" the Poles and minorities from the barbarism of the Nazis while introducing "wonderous" advances in agriculture and industry.
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http://felsztyn.tripod.com/id15.html
 
OK, the official reason that Vladimir Potemkin gave the Polish Ambassador Grzysbowski at 3.00 AM on September 17th, 1939 was that the Polish state had ceased to exist at that time. Therefore, the Soviet Union's guarantee of independence to the Polish state was no longer valid. Of course, what happened afterwards was that the Soviets took their slice of Poland that had previously been agreed with Germany. Their official reason for invading Poland however was that there was no Poland in existence when they invaded.
 
My turn again then.

Ok, a visual question this time. To what WWII German formation did the following symbol belong to?


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