1939-41: two evil regimes together nearly eradicate freedom in Europe. Today: the totalitarian threat from #Russia and #China is more dangerous than ever. #WWII
Meet Tania and her son Bohdan. They stayed with Andriy, who did family research for me, at his home in Volodymyr town in Western Ukraine some time ago: 1/4 #RussianUkrainianWar
But “nothing” would describe the response to the hostile invasion of Poland by the USSR on 17th Sep 1939, in collaboration with #Nazi Germany under the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. 2/3 invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=6943A5_m…
My grandparents survived the attempted Soviet genocide against 1.7m Poles - almost erased from post-war history books in both east and west. But now the descendants of the survivors are telling their story and its importance today. #RussiaUkraine 3/3 invidious.fdn.fr/mrS8JRWlpo8
From my grandfather's 5KDP #WWII medal certificate. 5KDP stands for 5 Kresowa Dywizja Piechoty, the 5th Kresowa Infantry Division which faoought at Monte Cassino.
A German admiral who praises Putin as an ally of the West... Surprised? Why? After the German vote against the NATO MAP for Ukraine in 2008? After Schröder's friendship with Putin? After #NordStream2 ? Germany is clearly Europe's "weak link".