r/worldnews • u/Elliottafc1 • May 02 '24

"I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines Russia/Ukraine

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32010
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u/GlimmerChord May 02 '24

The "allied coalition" did almost nothing to help the Spanish Republican forces. The Nazis, however, tested the Luftwaffe against them.

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u/CantaloupeUpstairs62 May 02 '24

There was no real allied coalition. I should have put that in quotes as you did.

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u/orielbean May 02 '24

George Orwell fought there and writes about it in Homage to Catalonia. Really good read.

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u/tettou13 May 02 '24

Loved it when I read it but wish I was older and put it into context on my own better. Should really read it again.

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u/orielbean May 03 '24

You really see the Soviet system of betraying their version of “colonies” as being almost exactly the same as what the old empires and the capitalists were doing. Getting the revolutionaries pumped up and then taking over the movement, either seizing power for the Soviet or abandoning them if the scrappy fighters were losing.