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 .
Let us stand up to fight for Socialism raising high the banner of Marxism-Leninism and Mao ’ s Thought !
TARIMELA NAGIREDDY MEMORIAL TRUST PUBLICATIONS
HISTORICAL AND POLEMICAL DOCUMENTS OF THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT IN INDIA
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VOL . I 1943-51- RS . 300 / - VOL . II 1963-72- RS . 500 / -
For Details : P . Jaswantha Rao , Secretary ,
T . N . Memorial Trust , 32-13-26 / 1 , M . R . Puram , Vijayawada , pin-520 010 .
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