On a more serious note. Yes, it is possible to argue that USSR was never part of the “allies” - because the “allies” had never seen USSR as a partner, just as a temporary alliance. It took them what, two years, to go from “praise the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets” to “iron curtain”. And the speed with which “former” Nazi officials were given remit suggests that the “allies” fully considered USSR an enemy. Which makes sense - the Nazis, as evil as they were, did not threaten the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Communists did.
If this “battle of Normandy” had indeed failed and had the yanks not been able to advance to Berlin, there would be less incentive for the Red Army to stop. Now of course it would have caused problems further down the line, as indeed I doubt the fledgling Hegemon would have been satisfied with communists advancing. There’d be ops ala Gladio and that one in Ukraine. Although I think Germany would have sued for separate peace before that could happen
Threatening us with a good time again, huh.
On a more serious note. Yes, it is possible to argue that USSR was never part of the “allies” - because the “allies” had never seen USSR as a partner, just as a temporary alliance. It took them what, two years, to go from “praise the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets” to “iron curtain”. And the speed with which “former” Nazi officials were given remit suggests that the “allies” fully considered USSR an enemy. Which makes sense - the Nazis, as evil as they were, did not threaten the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Communists did.
If this “battle of Normandy” had indeed failed and had the yanks not been able to advance to Berlin, there would be less incentive for the Red Army to stop. Now of course it would have caused problems further down the line, as indeed I doubt the fledgling Hegemon would have been satisfied with communists advancing. There’d be ops ala Gladio and that one in Ukraine. Although I think Germany would have sued for separate peace before that could happen