At 07:46 PM 1/28/02, john wrote: >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)
Oh. I thought it might be a typo for "five". > 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. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
