Soviet Union
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact had negotiated about the upcoming Invasion of Poland (1939). The Soviet Union had been promised half of Poland if they helped the Nazis conquer the country. When the invasion began though, the Soviet Union held back until September 17th. When the Soviet Union attacked, the Polish head government fled in despair to neutral Romania. The Soviets occupied Lwow, Wytyczno, and several other parts of eastern Poland until the Polish surrender on October sixth after the unsuccessful Battle of Kock (1939). In the invasion, the Soviets lost only one battle, the Battle of Szack when Polish artillery wiped out an entire brigade of Soviet tanks. The Soviet union lost 1,500 men in the invasion.
- Also see Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939
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Famous quotes by soviet union:
“There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration.... The United States does not concede that those countries are under the domination of the Soviet Union.”
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“Today he plays jazz; tomorrow he betrays his country.”
—Stalinist slogan in the Soviet Union (1920s)
“In the Soviet Union everything happens slowly. Always remember that.”
—A.N. (Arkady N.)
“If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“Nothing an interested foreigner may have to say about the Soviet Union today can compare with the scorn and fury of those who inhabit the ruin of a dream.”
—Christopher Hope (b. 1944)