“The German soldiers, that is, the workers and peasants, will in the majority of cases have far more sympathy for the vanquished peoples than for their own ruling caste. The necessity to act at every step in the capacity of 'pacifiers' and oppressors will swiftly disintegrate the armies of occupation, infecting them with a revolutionary spirit.”

—  Leon Trotsky

Manuscript from 1940, as translated in Writings of Leon Trotsky‎ edited by George Breitman

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