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Originally Posted by WagnerX5
Yeah, they were great..when they wanted to be:
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Poland
1944
Warsaw uprising by resistance Polish Home Army receives no
Soviet assistance, is crushed by Nazis.
1945
Red Army liberates Polish territories and establishes
communist-dominated coalition government.
1947
Communists consolidate political monopoly after rigged
elections.
Hungary
1945, Hungary became part of the Soviet area of influence and was appropriated into a communist state following a short period of democracy in 1946-1947. After 1948, Communist leader Mátyás Rákosi established a Stalinist rule in the country.
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No argument here. But you obviously know your history, and I'm sure you know about the same crap that was done in many of the Western European countries that the US liberated. Italy and Greece come to mind.