Re: Putin the Magnificent: Series 2 - Putin's Russia
Reply #196 –
Krake--- considering what Germany managed to do in two world wars, I reckon Frenzie might be right. The rest of Europe wasn't exactly tickled at the idea of Germany getting armed again right after WW2, they were afraid of what Germany might do next if that happened. On the other hand-- Stalin was beginning to feel his oats, and grabbing nearby countries to add to Soviet holdings became something of a hobby--- that other European nations suddenly had an interest in discouraging. Only the UK and the USA had anything like the armed might that would be needed to slow an aggressive bear down, so--- we got invited in to stop the whole of Europe from becoming Soviet.