You'll find that America had a lot to do with that.
Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland. Why didn't the Allies declare war on the Soviet Union?
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You'll find that America had a lot to do with that.
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Before that wasn't the US war gaming against the UK. There was a BBC documentary on it a while ago. It was estimated that is could go either way.
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We held out as best we could and attacked in areas such as the deserts in afrika etc.
Could we have had held out indefinitely without the Germans going into Russia? No. Could we ever have manufactured a counterattack? Not without the USA and Germans fighting on two fronts.
Could we oppose Russia militarily after the fall of Germany to protect our pact buddies, the Polish? No. Could we have asserted political pressure yes. Would it have achieved anything - probably not.
But in truth we did let the polish bleed despite our promises to them before the break out of ww2. We shafted them to begin with and in the end. Horrible.
Could we have had held out indefinitely without the Germans going into Russia? No. Could we ever have manufactured a counterattack? Not without the USA and Germans fighting on two fronts.
Could we oppose Russia militarily after the fall of Germany to protect our pact buddies, the Polish? No. Could we have asserted political pressure yes. Would it have achieved anything - probably not.
But in truth we did let the polish bleed despite our promises to them before the break out of ww2. We shafted them to begin with and in the end. Horrible.
I think I remember reading that the powers at the time thought the allies should attacked the soviet union just as the war ended ...