Stalin wanted the war in the West, anticipating that the German, French and British armies would bleed each other dry, making the entire continent easy pickings for the Red Army.
It actually was a good thing France fell so quickly, leaving the Germans and English pretty much intact.
“” “” Stalin wanted the war in the West, anticipating that the German, French and British armies would bleed each other dry, making the entire continent easy pickings for the Red Army.”” “”
It is a hypothetical theory.
There is a full charter on it in Kissinger’s ‘Diplomacy’.
In reality Stalin realized the Hitler’s plans and offered Britain and France to join into alliance to contain Germany. The efforts took place since when Hitler was elected and it was constantly rejected up until ‘peace for our time’ then they stopped trying. UK was hoping Hitler would attack France and I have no idea what France was thinking.
Molotov-Ribentropp Pact is everything but an alliance if you learn the details. If is merely a mutual obligation not to attack each other with buffer zones defined.