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In reply to the discussion: If Hitler hadn't attacked the USSR, would the USSR have maintained its secret pact with the Nazis? [View all]WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)11. If there had been no Soviet Union, would the U.S. have saved & imported so many Nazi war criminals?
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If Hitler hadn't attacked the USSR, would the USSR have maintained its secret pact with the Nazis? [View all]
Boojatta
Mar 2012
OP
Try Messers. Reed And Fisher's 'The Deadly Embrace: Hitler, Stalin, And The Nazi-Soviet Pact'
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#7
Thank You, Sir: I Am Away From My Books At Present, and Cruising On Memory
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#32
England And France Did Regard Soviet Russia as An Enemy Power Prior To Barbarossa, Sir
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#39
Indeed, Sir, Not So Much Arguing as Providing Complementary Views And Supplementary Facts
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#53
This Sort Of Thing Cannot Be Settled, Sir, Obviously, But Here Are a Few Further Thoughts
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#64
Soviet Russia, Sir, Was In Nothing Remotely Resembling An Offensive Posture In The Summer Of '41
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#8
Von Moeltke The Elder, Sir, Was One Of the Few To Riddle the Matter Properly In the Modern Era
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#45
Probably, at least until the Soviets saw an advantage in stabbing Hitler in the back.
razorman
Mar 2012
#4
Stalin wasn't surprised that Hitler invaded, he was surprised that he did so in 1941
RZM
Mar 2012
#17
If there had been no Soviet Union, would the U.S. have saved & imported so many Nazi war criminals?
WinkyDink
Mar 2012
#11
Trust Is Not Quite The Right Word, Sir, Certainly Not In the Sense Of having Faith In His Word
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#34
Michael Parenti said USSR was forced into the non-aggression pact with Germany...
Octafish
Mar 2012
#24
What if Britain and France had not declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland?
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#31
The Tsar abdicated in March 1917, so the Eastern Front was pretty much over by then
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#61