@spiritsplice What did the soviets do but subdue them with socialism. The Russians walked into a destroyed nation, economically, technologically, infrastructurally, and suddenly politically... having been abandoned by the same Atlanticist backers of the Nazis, the yankees who promised to back Poland, as well. The soviets didn't do that. Washington did that, and gave Uncle Joe the scarps from the table. Had him holding out his hand for the promised gold for years to come. Russians were stiffed.
@adamosophy they largely behaved in the same way as the NS did, except nobody tried to stop them.