At 07:37 AM 1/28/2002 +0200, you wrote: >I made order on my shelves not long ago and threw away some books that >belonged to garbage can long ago. But I re-read them before doing it (or, at >least, skimmed through). Those are children books that I brought with me >from SU, intended for ages 10-13, now, it's, probably, anti-American >propaganda, but given the way SU knows how to twist facts... So can somebody >answer me, pls - One - During WWII American used Polish soldiers as Soviets >used fine battalions. Two - After WWII Americans and Brits tried to prevent >evacuated Soviet orphanages (sp) from returning back. True or false? > >Ilana, former of Latvia republic of Soviet Union.
utterly false. the US Army did *not* use penal battalions (i assume that is what you mean by fine battalions) during WW2 (despite the movie "The Dirty Dozen".) second, after the war the Americans and Brits sent people back to the Soviet Union, who didn't want to go, condemning many of them to death. just more Soviet propaganda. john
