Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!amdcad!military From: cvl!cvl!kayuucee@uunet.UU.NET (Kenneth W. Crist Jr.) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Russian allies Message-ID: <27490@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 26 Sep 89 08:19:44 GMT References: <27406@amdcad.AMD.COM> <27450@amdcad.AMD.COM> Sender: cdr@amdcad.AMD.COM Organization: Center for Automation Research, Univ. of Md. Lines: 20 Approved: military@amdcad.amd.com From: cvl!cvl!kayuucee@uunet.UU.NET (Kenneth W. Crist Jr.) > >be allies now" and the like. > ^^^^^^ > Let's remember that, as allies, we were only a second choice. The Soviets > were Hitler's ally first. I'm sure that others will point this out, but here goes. The Soviets wanted an alliance with France and Great Britain. Hitler was known to be an anti-Communist. It was only after the Allies failed to make any serious offer to the Soviets, that they turned to a non-aggression pact with Germany. Stalin, I believe, wanted to use this to give the Soviet Union time to prepare itself for an expected "Western" attack. He also got part of Poland and the the Baltic States out of it. The Allies were reluctant to deal with the Soviets, whom they distrusted as Communists, so they did not try very hard for a treaty with the Soviets. Ken Crist