Anyone heard this theory? >the Soviets made the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact to start another war between France and Germany >the Soviets wouldn't've even joined the war, except Germany was going to lose to Poland (ending the war without weakening the Western powers) >Operation Barbarossa was a pre-emptive strike; Hitler never had a choice to avoid war with the Soviet Union, only whether to attack or to be attacked >the Soviets lost a shitload of personnel and materiel to Barbarossa because they had an offensive force on the border, waiting to blitz all of Europe
