In April 1940, Soviet leader Stalin personally signed execution orders for 22,000 Polish officers, intellectuals, and prisoners of war, who were systematically executed by the NKVD and buried in mass graves at Katyn Forest. When the Germans discovered the graves in 1943, the Soviets falsely blamed Germany and claimed the massacre occurred in 1941 after the Nazi invasion. Despite Western Allied intelligence proving Soviet responsibility, the Allies remained silent because the alliance with Stalin was more important than the truth. At the Nuremberg Trials, the Soviets attempted to prosecute Germans for Katyn, but the tribunal quietly dropped the charges without evidence.
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Katyn Massacre: 6 Weeks To Kill 22,000 Officers And Hide The Bodies #darkhistory #truehistoryAdded:
22,000 Polish officers buried in mass graves. And for 50 years, the world was told the Nazis did it. April 1940, Stalin personally signed the execution orders. The Soviet secret police, the NKVD, murdered Polish military officers, intellectuals, prisoners of war, bullet to the back of the head, one by one.
1943, the Germans discovered the mass graves at Kaitton Forest. They invited international observers. The evidence pointed to Soviet G, but the Soviets blamed Germany. Claimed it happened in 1941 after the Nazi invasion. Here's the thing. The Western Allies, America, and Britain had intelligence proving Soviet responsibility. They stayed silent. The alliance with Stalin mattered more than the truth. At Nuremberg, the Soviets tried prosecuting Germans for Kin. The tribunal quietly dropped the charges. No evidence.
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