Also, don’t forget that between 23 August 1939 and 22 June 1941 the Nazis and the Communists were allies.
(And the German and Soviet secret services had acted in consort to some extent ever since 1933.)
“Also, don’t forget that between 23 August 1939 and 22 June 1941 the Nazis and the Communists were allies.”
Correct, and the French Communist Party, under instructions from Stalin, actively promoted defeatism when the Germans invaded in 1940. The Soviets were also providing the German war machine with food, fuel and other essentials at the same time.