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re: In hindsight was it a mistake for the US to ally with the Soviet Union during WW2.
Posted on 2/25/23 at 2:56 pm to bdavids09
Posted on 2/25/23 at 2:56 pm to bdavids09
Hindsight is always 20/20.
While there were politicians who might have been half-serious when they expressed a desire to continue passed Berlin and on toward Moscow, there wasn't anyone within the Allied high command who ever entertained serious inclinations to do such a thing. By May 1945 the citizens of the United States and those of her allies were tired of war. There would have been no justifying to them an invasion of Soviet territory right after the surrender of Nazi Germany.
While there were politicians who might have been half-serious when they expressed a desire to continue passed Berlin and on toward Moscow, there wasn't anyone within the Allied high command who ever entertained serious inclinations to do such a thing. By May 1945 the citizens of the United States and those of her allies were tired of war. There would have been no justifying to them an invasion of Soviet territory right after the surrender of Nazi Germany.
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Posted on 2/25/23 at 5:44 pm to RollTide1987
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Hindsight is always 20/20.
Everything FDR did to align us with a Socialist/Communist style economy and government was well publicized long before the war.
Should we have gone on to Moscow? No.
However, where the hell was West Germany, the UK, France, and the rest of Europe in supporting Eastern Europe in resisting Soviet rule? Yes, I understand they were rebuilding too, but by the early 50s (at least) they should have been able to better recognize what was going on, because in many cases, the same thing was going *within* their own countries.
This post was edited on 2/25/23 at 5:46 pm
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