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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Hang all of those government officials and agents who were “just following orders.”

At a dinner meeting of the Big Three on Nov. 29, Stalin proposed executing 50,000 to 100,000 German officers so that Germany could not plan another war. Roosevelt, believing Stalin was not serious, quipped that “maybe 49,000 would be enough.”

Churchill, however, was outraged and denounced “the cold-blooded execution of soldiers who fought for their country.” Before storming out of the room, he said that only war criminals should be put on trial. Stalin brought him back after saying that he was only joking.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Churchill’s only motivation for joining the war was that he couldn’t stand the idea of someone being a bigger asshole than himself.

[–] UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I'm guessing the word "unless" was floating around Stalin's head at the time.