The Untold History of the United States ~ Chapter 1 - World War II

[geefloyd46]

2. I'd agree with your assessment on this incident.

From a Russian point of view I would question what kind of effect it would have on the Soviets to see the Russia invaded by almost every western country right after WWI. The same thing happened after the French Revolution. Once the French brutally threatened the other royalty in the rest of Europe, and the rest of Europe tried to snuff the baby out in the crib. That is not excusing the brutality of the Soviets, which I agree should be played up more in the series, but it is trying to understand where the motivation comes from. I think the fact that the western democracies were willing to look the other way as long as Hitler kicked the crap out of the Russians was not lost on Stalin either. Stalin reached out to the west but he was rebuffed who's own aristocracy didn't like what had happened to the Russian aristocracy and we're very unsure which government they liked least.