• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Elaborate, then, what was Stalin trying to do? I specified context because that’s specifically what Stalin was trying to do.

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        2 months ago

        No, lol, I was describing Stalin’s well-documented strategy regarding the Nazi threat. It’s summarized quite well in How to Cast a God into Hell: The Khrushchev Report. The Soviets expected the Nazis to invade, but were worried about the west, which was reluctant to take either side. Stalin was no friend of the Nazis, and wanted more time to prepare, and to prevent Britain from siding with the Nazis, which was a sizable risk.