Now.
Stalin was a maniac. No doubt.
But in teh other hand during 1936, 1937 and 1938 USSR tried to ally itsekf with UK and France. During Spanish Civil war, USSR snet aid, man and arms to govt. troops so they can fight against fascists.
UK and France issued embargo, letting Hitler and Franco to their “magic”.
As I live in ex communist country, only one that said “No” to Stallin and lived to tell the story- I can testify that we Serbs, (Yugoslavs) did not wanted to live under Stalins Rule.
But newer, ever did we mixed Red Army fighters with Stalin.
Russiand did brought freedom and destroyed nazism in europe.
With biggest and greatest sacrefice , maybe in history.
All of us are here, on FR telling all sorts of stories because, Red Army captured Berlin and defeated Nazis.
If not, We wouldn be here.
Patton could have beaten the Russkies to Berlin, but he was told that Berlin was reserved for the Russians. And the Germans would not have put up nearly the resistance against the Americans that they put up against the Russkies.
Sorry, but the Soviet enabled the Germans in the development of new weapons, and in training. The war probably would not even have happened if the Soviets hadn’t signed a the Non-Aggression Pact and divvied up Poland with the Nazis.
As for Spain, the Soviets saw it as an opportunity to test their aircraft against the aircraft other potential adversaries. Besides, I’d take the Nationalists over the “Republicans” any day.
No. Stalin sent men, arms and aid to bring another country into the Comintern. Stalin's forces spent almost as much effort undermining, betraying and even fighting other non-Soviet-aligned factions on the Repulican side as they did fighting the Nationalists, Italians and Germans. For Stalin, the fascists were nothing more than a convenient excuse.
No. Stalin sent men, arms and aid to bring another country into the Comintern. Stalin's forces spent almost as much effort undermining, betraying and even fighting other non-Soviet-aligned factions on the Repulican side as they did fighting the Nationalists, Italians and Germans. For Stalin, the fascists were nothing more than a convenient excuse.