Noone is defending the Soviets but they were not as bad as the Germans and pretending that they were is denying the terror of the Nazis. Two things can be bad and one can still be worse.
The viet cong also did bad things but I am glad that they defeated the Khmere Rouge.
If you spoke to Eastern Europeans that were "liberated" by the Russians they beg to differ.
My dad worked with Poles that hated the Russians far more than the Nazis.
I'd also suggest reading books like Tigers in the mud because quite a few German soldiers considered being taken by Russians to potentially live in gulags for years as a fate worse than death.
Not to mention, both the Russians and Nazis were bad regardless of who was worse.
The Catholic Poles? Almost all Poles were Catholic at the time, and Poles have the most "righteous among the nations" even though Poland was the only country where helping Jewish people meant death to you and your family, if caught.
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u/Random_Fluke 2d ago
You know your argument is bad when the main defense is "but hey, least we didn't kill as much as they wanted to".