[lbo-talk] Internationale

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Yes, or amyway, he thought so; the Soviets called the
war The Great Patriotic War. Then there was the point
about not offending possible allies like the US and
Britain. My guess is that the Red Army would have
fought as well or poorly as it did under any anthem.
But patriotism was a big motivator. jks

--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Googling on "The Interionale" (I've got a playlist
> with 14 versions, 
> so I was curious to find out its history) brought me
> to a website 
> that claimed that Stalin dropped it as the anthem of
> the USSR during 
> WW2 because the troops wanted to die for Mother
> Russia, not the 
> international working class. Is that true?
> 
> Doug
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