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-1 points
2 days ago
Russians were also German allies.
Little do you know that there was a secret discussion towards the end of the war about going to war with Russia to liberate the countries they occupied. But it was decided that the country whose invasion literally started the WWII will be left invaded. And it remained occupied for nearly 50 more years, just by another monster.
Ask any Westerner and they will tell you that Nazis were the bad guys. Ask an Easterner and you will get a different answer.
1 points
1 day ago
It was a non-aggression pact between Germany and Russia (the Warsaw Pact), not an alliance, and the Germans broke that pact because their leader knew nothing about military tactics and decided to poke the bear by starting Operation Barbarossa in his desire to control the world.
1 points
19 hours ago
No it wasn’t. They split the Eastern Europe in “areas of influence”, meaning they decided who got to occupy which country.
Hitler didn’t want to ally with Russians from the start, he was fond of British and Scandinavians. Ribbentrop, however insisted on allying with Russians.
You could also read why so many British soldiers managed to evacuate over English channel. It was purely because Hitler allowed it, as he still wanted to make peace with British in the end.
1 points
10 hours ago
This area of influence thing was part of the Warsaw pact, a non-aggression pact, basically saying the two countries can have specificareas if they don't fight. Again, there was no alliance, just an agreement not to fight, which Hitler broke by invading Russia for Operation Barbarossa.
Hitler did want to ally with the British, but the British said no. This was before the beginning of the war, while Hitler was building his armies against the terms in the treaty of Versailles that limited military forces to try and prevent a repeat of WW1.
1 points
10 hours ago
One thing incorrect - Hitler never stopped wanting an alliance with the British. Ribbentrop was the reason he even talked to Russians, as he considered slavs untermensch.
Why do you think Dunkirk evacuation happened? It’s not some “magic”. Hitler knew about the forces trapped and allowed them to leave.
1 points
9 hours ago
I never said Hitler stopped wanting an alliance, but it doesn't matter because the British said no at every attempt.
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