The USSR did not support the nazis lmao? 27 million soviets died fighting them and the molotov-ribbentrop pact gave them the time they needed to prepare. You really think they agreed ideologically?
The ideology absolutely does not match, communists will recognize a nazi as their enemy instantaneously. The fascist reich started by persecuting communists and labor unions. The soviets knew exactly what the nazis were and knew they would eventually be invaded by them. Saying the soviets were part of the axis is deeply unserious lmao.
I am not particularly well versed in the poland invasion so I won’t dispute anything directly but I can tell you that your interpretation of the events just doesn’t make sense if you understand the politics of that era
Edit: i feel it is worth mentioning that the USSR was under siege from its very inception, being invaded by foreign powers in literally 1917. I find it hard to blame them if they signed a non-aggression pact with the people they knew would eventually slaughter them
You’re right, i was using “ideology” way to fast and loose. I do think their expansionism was something in common, and they both wanted their piece of Europe and that defined 75 years of European history
Who?
Russia. The cause of - and solution to - world war two.
The USSR did not support the nazis lmao? 27 million soviets died fighting them and the molotov-ribbentrop pact gave them the time they needed to prepare. You really think they agreed ideologically?
USSR and Germany started WW2 together by invading Poland.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland
The ideology only changed when Germany invaded Russia and Russia left the “axis” and joined the “allies”.
Edit: I don’t know if the ideology matched (the dictatorship part does), but they were both expansionist.
The ideology absolutely does not match, communists will recognize a nazi as their enemy instantaneously. The fascist reich started by persecuting communists and labor unions. The soviets knew exactly what the nazis were and knew they would eventually be invaded by them. Saying the soviets were part of the axis is deeply unserious lmao.
I am not particularly well versed in the poland invasion so I won’t dispute anything directly but I can tell you that your interpretation of the events just doesn’t make sense if you understand the politics of that era
Edit: i feel it is worth mentioning that the USSR was under siege from its very inception, being invaded by foreign powers in literally 1917. I find it hard to blame them if they signed a non-aggression pact with the people they knew would eventually slaughter them
You’re right, i was using “ideology” way to fast and loose. I do think their expansionism was something in common, and they both wanted their piece of Europe and that defined 75 years of European history
I dunno, let’s ask Poland?