• SuddenDownpour@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Your historical notes are technically correct, and Stalin did even attempt to reach a pact with France to limit the potential expansion of Nazi Germany. However, once those initiatives failed, Stalin had no issue about pacting with Hitler instead to invade third countries together, which highlights how Stalin’s first priority was improving his geopolitical position, rather than an ideological opposition to nazism.

    • GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      This is myopic. Stalin invaded Poland because it refused to cooperate with the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. The Nazis and USSR weren’t just raiding North Africa cooperatively, it was a geographical necessity to the Soviets attacking Nazi Germany that they be able to have their military on Germany’s border!

      How the hell are the Soviets supposed to attack Nazi Germany if Poland says the Soviets aren’t welcome on its land?