The Nazis were always coming for Russia. Hitler wrote about it in Mein Kampf. The soviets knew full well that appeasement would result in eventually invasion. They navigated the situation as best they could having just went through a civil war 30 years prior. There was never an illusion that the Third Reich could be negotiated with to save Russia.
The Nazis were always coming for Russia. Hitler wrote about it in Mein Kampf. The soviets knew full well that appeasement would result in eventually invasion. They navigated the situation as best they could having just went through a civil war 30 years prior. There was never an illusion that the Third Reich could be negotiated with to save Russia.