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After the defeat of the Germans in Poland and the completion of the Finnish campaign we felt rather optimistic. Stalin and Voroshylov [22] convinced us that we would only fight on the enemy's territory and there would be minimal losses. We sang songs like: 'We beat any enemy with minimal losses and with one powerful blow...' We believed this and besides, many didn't believe that Hitler would dare to attack us. When the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact [23] was signed, everybody believed we shouldn't fear Germany and that the Germans were our friends.
Period
Year
1939
Location
Russia
Interview
Osip Hotinskiy
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