"David Thornley"
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> I wouldn't want to appear to claim moral superiority for the Soviet Union,
> but (a) the British were dealing with Germany before 1939, and (b) the
> Soviets were more interested in an alliance with Britain and France
> in the summer of 1939. The alliance with Germany was second choice,
> and followed some thoroughly inept Western diplomacy.
Very true. If the UK/Franco/Soviet alliance was in place in 1939, Germany
would have thought very hard about invading anyone. Facing all thtree at
once was something even lunatic Hitler would have