Reply #71: Yeah, it's a pretty stretchy stretch....

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Especially considering Hitler had already discussed invading the Soviet Union prior to the non-aggression pact being signed. And yr right about Hitler only wanting a war on one front, and keeping the Soviets at bay until he was ready to invade them was the preferred option for him. Stalin's behaviour at the time was one of denial. He made himself believe that Hitler would honour the pact and that the Soviet Union was safe from invasion, despite the intelligence he was getting from many sources that warned him of Hitler's plans to invade the Soviet Union....

War was inevitable, and the causes for the war probably go right back to the Versailles Treaty. Whether or not there'd been a non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany, the war would still have happened...

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