well they were “sold” at the Yalta Conference imo. but don’t worry this Stalin guy seems like he’s a strong trustworthy guy “because the Russians had greatly sinned against Poland”, “the Soviet government was trying to atone for those sins” you know by completely controlling it as a buffer defense zone for WWIII
The “price”, again, would have been war with the Soviets. While it may well have been beneficial to do so, you can look to Churchill to see how much public opinion there was behind the idea.
well they were “sold” at the Yalta Conference imo. but don’t worry this Stalin guy seems like he’s a strong trustworthy guy “because the Russians had greatly sinned against Poland”, “the Soviet government was trying to atone for those sins” you know by completely controlling it as a buffer defense zone for WWIII
The “price”, again, would have been war with the Soviets. While it may well have been beneficial to do so, you can look to Churchill to see how much public opinion there was behind the idea.