wow, germany started the ww2? now that's a newsflash, thank you mr expert. if the world has got to the point when we need an expert's confirmation on that, maybe we need to think more about public education?

We have all been assured over the decades that Germany is the only and exclusive culprit for the WWII. However, that point of view has been put forward from those who actually won the war, but had the Germany won we would have been learning quite a different history. It is not strange that Mr Krumm is ready to accept almost the whole guilt since the today's Germans are probably a bit brainwashed as to the main cause of WWII. My opinion is that Germany is far less guilty than we have been told and, consequently, the others responsibility is possibly greater. However, Germany IS responsible for mass murdering of Russian POWs, Holocaust of Jews (it matters a little was it a 6-million holocaust or less than that, e.g. 4-million, but throwing thousands of, say, 9 year old children in burning stoves is surely a crime), civilians from many eastern countries, etc. A present trend to rewrite history will surely bring many new facts and new views on WWII. Just to mention two well known facts: 1) President Roosevelt did everything he could to provoke Japan to strike first as he knew it was the only way to overcome American isolationism that was a prevailing sensitivity in US at the time (he knew of course the war will boost the US economy) - that raises a question of US responsibility for the outbreak of WWII. 2) The anglosaxons (US and UK) are only now ready to admit that USSR alone would have probably defeated Nazi Germany, and they flatly say they haven't been ready to admit that so far for the cold war reasons. I sense that we are going to learn many new facts in the near future about the WWII, its real causes, and about the post-war history.

In one book from Stalin period 1948-1950, it was described who was really to blame for the war ! Just Banks ! No one else ! After 50 years I see that's the only true explanation ! yours Aleks

The winners {if there are any} of wars always get to write the history of the war as they see fit. A totally defeated country doen't have much clout. History tells us that we must remember history to prevent the mistakes of the past but politicians seldom look back. They just sort of move whereever the wind blows and if they are wrong they try to put the blame on someone else..

It`s the Russian "Ministry of Truth" at it again? "Poland was never invaded by USSR. WW2 started in 1940. Katyn never happened. Gulags didn`t exist. Stalin was a God-sent saint on earth. Life is much better now!"