leading them from the front – be it peace or war. By Nov ember, 1941 Germany took over Ukraine plundered Kiev; they were besieging Leningrad and encircling Moscow from three sides. All experts felt the war was lost to Germany. But Soviet people and their leader Stalin were made of other material. Soviet government with foreign embassies were removed to distant east for safety and security. Everyone thought that Stalin had also left Moscow. Hitler announced that Moscow had already been taken over by the German Army. But to the surprise of the whole world on November 7, 1941, Stalin reviewed the troops in the Red Square. The people were confident that their leader was defending Moscow along with them. Finally, instead of taking over Moscow German army had to retreat miles and miles away by the winter. It gave such a confident to the people that in Leningrad even after German army entered the city fight went on for every stretch of street. Even the great composer, Shostkorich was acting as air warden and while fighting composed his Seventh Symphony. It was the symphony of struggle, it was the symphony victory, it was the symphony of sacrifice.
Same was true for Stalingrad. They fought for every block, every street, every house, even for the control of the ruins. They roared“ Every pile of bricks can be made a fortress if there is courage enough” Stalin wired them,“ Every hillock can be regained if there is a courage” For one hundred eighty two days i. e, six months the people of Stalingrad fought.
Socialism had created a people who could force Hitler for a battle of attrition instead of his tactics of blitzkrieg.
By the summer 1944 German forces were driven back from the frontiers of Soviet Union. Then, it was a fight for advance to Germany and liberating countries from the clutches of fascism in its forward March. How The World took the Fight against Fascism by the USSR
True, at the beginning Britain and the USA( by that time, France was seized by Germany) felt the resistance of the USSR would collapse within a month or so. But as the war went on the situation changed.
On the fourth week, Britain under the Prime Ministership of Winston Churchill signed alliance with USSR. After some time the USA under Franklin Roosevelt followed suit. Not only the ruling powers, but in Europe the underground resistance that were trying to get organised in the countries taken over by Germany also delighted people and starting fighting with more courage. In India the peoples’ consciousness and opposition to fascism was strengthened as the CPI changed its policy to taking up fascism as the main danger. In Vietnam the Communists started to fight against French fascists and aligned with the resisting democratic forces. A World wide front against fascism was built up. Lesson To be Drawn
First Thing we must understand from the fight against fascism by Socialist Soviet Union is that Soviet Union tried for peace after the World War I. But the imperialist forces were opposed to it. Victors were busy in dividing the booty among themselves, the vanquished were utilising Soviet peace effort for their own interest of preparation for another war.
But when the World War II broke out the appeasers failed to put up any resistance, They tried to get rid by directing the fascist Axis Powers against Socialist Soviet Union and Communists all over the world.
The Brest-Livstoky Treaty, the Rapallo treaty and Non-Aggression Pact were made by the USSR, not by choice, but by the circumstances the imperialist powers threw them into.
And time has proved the Socialist USSR as real leader of world to defeat the fascists. But after World War II, imperialists again reverted back to their war policies of containment of Communism. We must understand imperialists are imperialists, even though they might be allies in fighting fascism.
Socialism alone can unleash the power of people as a whole against the enemies of people, against fascists, against imperialists and against all sorts of reactionaries.
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