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[+] 5 points 3 months ago (8 children)
  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    This is completely ahistorical. The entire reason Stalin signed the treaty is because he knew Hitler would attack the USSR eventually, and they needed time to prepare and also didn’t want to fight a war on two fronts (because the red army was busy saving China from the Japanese).

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

    His only choice was to sign a treaty with Hitler, because Britain and France refused to become allies with Stalin. Britain and France thought it best to let the communists and fascists fight it out and hopefully destroy each other.

    Stalin signed a non aggression pact and then began rapidly industrializing his country, knowing dman well that Hitler would eventually break the treaty.

    Then Stalin defeated the Nazis.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    You went off on a tangent. My point was why he believed Hitler, not why he allied with him.

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