Stalin's Threats To The Soviet Union

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When looking at the Soviet Union in the 1930s, the establishment of Stalinism immediately comes to mind. During this period of time, the Soviet Union was a victim of many misfortunes and encountered many external threats. The Soviet Union was at this time a diplomatically isolated Soviet Union trying to triumph Communism but the Comin tern, composed of a group of the communist working class ordered the communist party to help the Nazi (National Socialist German Workers' Party) who were an anti-Soviet socialist party. As the communist interfered with the Nazi revolution it hoped that the party would bring about a revolution that may favor and influence communist ideas and ideologies in Germany in their quest to expand the Communism ideology. …show more content…
When the Nazi regime came into strong action, the Soviet Union realized the dynamic change in the foreign discomfort that followed as result of Stalin’s actions. Stalin therefore changed the foreign in existence between the Soviet Union and Germany after the Nazi revolution and restrained from Germany’s militarism by forming coalitions. The Soviet Union then continued to join the League of Nations which advocated for disarmament and security collectiveness in the case of any war. Things calmed down a bit for Stalin until Hitler’s failed attack on Poland when Germany approached The Soviet Union to try and convince them in joining their quest. Britain and France who did not support Germany on the other hand reached to Stalin to convince him to join in ganging up against Germany without any futility as Stalin continued with his negotiation with Germany. This action by Stalin would later be another cause of external threat to the Soviet Union since the World War 2 broke out as a …show more content…
This was after Germany and The Soviet Union formed the Germany-Soviet Non-Aggression pact. This threat was as a result of Germany trying to penetrate into the Soviet Union thus necessitating Stalin to sacrifice his many soldiers to conquer Germany before he accomplished this idea.

References:
Adler, Les K., and Thomas G. Paterson. "Red fascism: The merger of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia in the American image of totalitarianism, 1930's-1950's." The American Historical Review 75.4 (1970): 1046-1064.
Kriesberg, Martin. "SOVIET NEWS IN THE “NEW YORK TIMES”." Public Opinion Quarterly 10.4 (1946):

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