But in most cases allies don’t plan on going to war with each other.
Hitler and Stalin both knew they would eventually clash.
[But in most cases allies don’t plan on going to war with each other.
Hitler and Stalin both knew they would eventually clash.]
Poland and Germany “allied” over the division of Czechoslovakia. I think traditionally, most allies have viewed these ties as purely transactional. NATO has been a huge exception, but the West (and maybe Japan) saw the end of the empire-building impulse at the end of WWII. Bottom line is that the average Western country would no more conquer and annex another country than it would revert to cannibalism. But that’s just the West (and maybe Japan).