time, Germany and the SovietUnion were still allies (due to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939) and this was reflected in Soviet actions regarding Iraq
(1997): "an estimated 500,000 Soviet citizens died from German bomb attacks." ^ "Imperial War Museum - Invasion of the SovietUnion display". www.berkeleyinternet
Army Navy: Combat Systems Technology, 1949-2010. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-080-1 Hill, Alexander (2018). Soviet Destroyers
Britain, the British Commonwealth of Nations, mighty America - and, I trust, Soviet Russia, for then indeed all would be well - must be the friends and sponsors