There was once a Scottish Marxist named Malcolm Caldwell. He was particularly fascinated and supported Pol Pot in Cambodia. After meeting him in person, he was murdered and probably under the orders the communist regime for being a foreign journalist. In a larger fate of irony is that this happen shortly before Vietnam had liberated…
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(Not So) Fun Fact: Stalin’s Brutal Threat To Soviet POWs
The Soviet Union declared that any Russian soldier that surrendered during World War II would receive the death penalty. But even under Joseph Stalin, most of these cases saw the POWs avoid any real legal punishment and they reintegrated back into society. But almost all of them were deprived of a veteran status.
(Not So) Fun Fact: Hungary During World War II
Hungary allied with Germany in World War II, and after their loss, the Soviet Union was able to turn it into a communist nation.
Fun Fact: The Hyphen War
There was a argument called The Hyphen War in Czechoslovakia over two sides of the country of what to call their new nation after the Fall of Communism. The two sides eventually split as now we have the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
(Not So) Fun Fact: When Yemen Was Communist
From 1967 to 1990, Yemen was split and the communist South Yemen existed. Just like most communist nations, the official state religion was atheism. Which is very bold in the Middle East. Today, Yemen is officially Islamic and a person leaving Islam could warrant a person capital punishment.