• SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    But the Soviets did try to cozy up to the UK, France, etc. Before the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact came into being

    Because the Soviets knew that the Nazi’s wanted to to Manifest Destiny in Eastern Europe.

    They were turned away because western the powers thought that the Nazi’s would do the dirty work of destroying the Communists for them.

    So, to bide time, the Soviets see no other choice but to make nice with the Nazis for a time.

    We can look back, with the benefit of hindsight, at aspects of all this, and say “Damn x thing about this sucked shit”, but I think you’re being overly simplistic in your assessment