[Truthsayer20]

"They joined to fight against Russian Marxism which was a genuine threat to their borders, as it was to Germanys."

True. However, Germans were ultimately not fighting against Russian Marxism. Their goal was to colonize European Russia and to exterminate or deport the existing the Slavic population.

[DensaMensa]

}... don't smear their motives.  They joined to fight against Russian Marxism which was a genuine threat to their borders, as it was to Germanys.

True. However, Germans were ultimately not fighting against Russian Marxism. Their goal was to colonize European Russia and to exterminate or deport the existing the Slavic population.

The "ultimately" approach puts far too heavy a burden on those who were fighting against Marxist Communists wherever they found them and falls into the "wisdom of hindsight" category rather than objective analysis.  The enemy of my enemy is my friend, at least during THIS battle.