Why Britain and France DIDN'T Declare War on the USSR in 1939
November 6, 2024
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as posted by the channelThe reason Britain and France did not declare war on the Soviet Union after its invasion of Poland in 1939 was the geopolitical complexity of the situation. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, had been signed just days before the invasion and divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
At the time of the Soviet invasion, Britain and France were already at war with Germany following its invasion of Poland. Given the strategic imperative of focusing on the German threat, Britain and France chose not to open up a second front against the USSR. They didn't have to either as Britain agreed to defend Poland against German aggression and France actually had no such an agreement between governments. The strategy of the Allies became wait untill the Nazis and Soviets would turn on each other. Yet, Germany took on the Western Allies first with dire consequences for France.
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