Potěmkinova válka
Potemkin War

Summary/Abstract: The text argues that what is commonly referred to as the Second World War actually consisted of two fundamentally different wars: the Allied struggle to defeat Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union’s simultaneous pursuit of its own imperial and revolutionary aims. It describes how the USSR, having co‑launched the war with Nazi Germany by jointly invading Poland in 1939, later exploited Hitler’s attack in 1941 to present itself falsely as a victim and liberator while pursuing long‑term goals of European domination and global communist revolution. The author highlights Soviet ideological justifications for war, Stalin’s strategic opportunism, and the cynical use of both fascism and anti‑fascism as interchangeable tools for expansion. The text details the brutality of Soviet rule, including mass repression, gulag imprisonment of returning Red Army soldiers, engineered famines, and the systematic destruction of national elites in territories occupied during and after 1945. A central theme is the claim that Soviet “liberation” was in reality continued imperial subjugation, exemplified by the treatment of nations such as Poland, the Baltic states, Ukraine, and postwar Czechoslovakia. The article criticizes Czechoslovak political elites, especially President Edvard Beneš and the National Front, for aligning with Soviet plans and failing to recognize or resist Moscow’s imperial aims, despite clear wartime warnings from figures such as Major Jaroslav Kašpar. It emphasizes that Soviet influence shaped Central and Eastern Europe’s fate long after 1945 and argues that contemporary historiography and political discourse remain burdened by old myths rooted in Soviet propaganda. The author concludes that 1945 remains a living issue, made newly relevant by modern Russian aggression, and calls for rejecting Soviet symbols, acknowledging historical truths, and reaffirming the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

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