“and the allies in WWI, and WWII”
poor wording,, but was referring to the German based Euro alliances arrayed against them. Not of course, to the “Allies” who in both wars were on Russia’s side.
Actually the Allies did invade Russia in WW 1. They still remember it too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_intervention_in_the_Russian_Civil_War