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Mark:
If Germany would not have launched Barbarossa - Would the Soviet Union eventually have gone to war with Germany?  What would trigger Stalin to declare war?

sleipner:
Either that Stalin thought he was missing out on the party if the western allies were looking to beat Germany.

Or that Hitler was beginning to make demands for surrounding countries Stalin couldnīt accept.

Or something completely else....

Daniel

Georgi Z:
stalin was buying time in 40-41.  it was inevitable for nazi germany and bolshevik russia to go to war.  russia would have kept expanding its sphere of influence in the balkans and got into a war with germany or declared war when they were ready (probably in 42) or if germany looked too weak (or too strong)

Uncle Joe:
Stalin was building line of fortification in the Soviet Union: the "Stalin Line".  He may have just sit tight until the Germans attacked him regardless of what was going on around him

Georgi Z:
The russians were just buying time.  Both Stalin and Hitler saw that war was inevitable and were building up for a showdown.  Stalin was counting on France to wear the Germans out so that he could have his way in eastern europe.  When France fell like it did, I think he knew he only had a limited amount of time before the Germans came after him.  Ideally, he would not have gone to war with Germany until they had a "second front" that would distract some of the German forces though.

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