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Originally Posted by BoundByHonor
Wait, what? If Hitler was a communist, as you say, why did Stalin want to undermine him? Why did Stalin fight against him in WWII? I'll tell you why. Hitler wasn't a communist! He stood on the other end of the ideological spectrum. Nazism is a form of fascism. Communism is to left, as fascism is to right.
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Hitler definitely wasn't communist. However, that wasn't why Stalin fought against him in WWII..
Hitler launched a 'surprise attack' against the Soviet Union called Operation Barbarossa in order to "eliminate the Soviet Union as a military power, eliminate communism, create living space, and create strategic access to valuable resources."
Due to tension between the two nations prior to this, however, the Soviet Union had been preparing for "strategic counter-offenses" so they were able to mount a defense fairly quickly.
The axis forces had around three quarters of their troops on the eastern front, however, so the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union formed a military alliance against Germany, and jointly invaded axis-controlled Iran shortly after.
That's why Stalin fought Hitler. Not simply because the Soviet Union was a communist country.