You’ll also remember that the UK and France broke these pacts and declared war when the Nazis invaded Poland, right? Whereas the pact with the USSR included clauses to divide the east between the Nazis and the Soviets, ceding eastern Poland and the Baltics to the USSR?
The capitalists weren’t going to ally with the Soviets, who had seized power after a bloody civil war, and whose ideology sought to destroy their own (and vice-versa I should add). Meanwhile, most of Hitler’s indefensible and horrific crimes were still mostly in the future. Only once the war broke out an alliance of convenience was forged.
You’ll also remember that the UK and France broke these pacts and declared war when the Nazis invaded Poland, right? Whereas the pact with the USSR included clauses to divide the east between the Nazis and the Soviets, ceding eastern Poland and the Baltics to the USSR?
The capitalists weren’t going to ally with the Soviets, who had seized power after a bloody civil war, and whose ideology sought to destroy their own (and vice-versa I should add). Meanwhile, most of Hitler’s indefensible and horrific crimes were still mostly in the future. Only once the war broke out an alliance of convenience was forged.