Stalin's Plan to Sovietize Europe by Supporting Hitler

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Stalin behind Hitler's attack on Poland

By Arabinda Ghose

"If this preparatory work is fulfilled properly, the security of a

Soviet Germany will be assured. This will likewise ensure the

sovietisation of France." STALIN

ON September 1, the CPI-M had virtually paralysed Kolkata by

organising a mass procession to commemorate the brutal attack on

Poland by Hitler's army and the subsequent genocide of Jews by

Nazis. The world cannot forget the barbaric events of the World-War-

II days from September 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945 (May 9 in Soviet

Russia. The war ended on August 15 that year with the surrender of

Japan).

 

However, the world is also aware that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty

of August 26, 1939 between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's USSR had

enabled the Nazis to launch an attack on Poland on September 1,

1939. Britain and France joned the war thereafter because of Treaty

obligations and also to see that the rising menace of Nazism did not

devour Europe and subsequently the world.

 

Why did the Soviet Union sign the Treaty with the Nazis, whom all

true-blood communists are obliged to hate? Couldn't Stalin visualise

the devastations that would follow the signing of the Treaty and

committing a greater folly than Neville Chamberlain's capitulation

before Hitler in the Munich Treaty of 1938 which dismembered

Czechoslovakia?

 

 

 

A page from History

 

The answer to this question is: Yes, Stalin was aware what would

befall Europe after the Treaty with Nazi Germany was signed. In

fact, Stalin, in his speech to the Politburo of the CPSU on August

19, a week prior to that event, had all figured it out. We are

reproducing here, from the Internet, parts of this speech with the

comments of Card Nordling, preceding it. So, here we go.

 

Stalin's Speech to the Politburo on August 19, 2939

 

(Carl Nordling's comment: I have not succeeded in getting an

authorised English translation of the speech. However, the following

version seems to provide a very good rendering of Stalin's aims.)

 

"The question of war and peace has entered a critical phase for us.

If we conclude a mutual assistance pact with France and Great

Britain, Germany will back off from Poland and seek a `modus

vivendi' with the Western powers. War would thus be prevented, but

further events could take a serious turn for the USSR.

 

"If we accept Germany's proposal to conclude a non-aggression pact

with her, she will of course attack Poland, and the intervention of

France and England is then unavoidable; Europe will be thrown into

serious upheavals and disorder. In this case we will have a great

opportunity to stay out of the conflct, while being able to hope for

our own timely entrance into war.

 

"The experience of the last 20 years has shown that in peace time it

is impossible to maintain a communist movement throughout Europe

that would be strong enough for a Bolshevik Party to seize power.

The dictatorship of such a party will only become possible as the

result of a major war.

 

"Our choice is clear. We must accept the German proposal politely

and send the Anglo-French delegations back home. Our immediate

advantage will be the destruction of Poland up to the very

approaches to Warsaw, including Ukrainian Galicia.

 

"Germany has given us full leeway in the Baltic States and has no

objection to our claim on Bessarabia. Germany is also prepared to

accept our interests in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The question

of Yugoslavia remains open... At the same time, we must anticipate

what will ensue from the destruction of Germany in war as well as

from a German victory. If she is destroyed, the sovietisation of

Germany follows inevitably and a communist government will be

established. We should not forget that a sovietised Germany would

face great danger, if the sovietisation occurred after a short war.

England and France would then be strong enough to seize Berlin and

to destroy a sovietised Germany. We would not be able to aid our

Bolshevik comrades in Germany.

 

"Therefore, our task consists in helping Germany wage war as long as

possible, with the aim in view that England and France should not be

able to defeat a sovietised Germany. Maintaining neutrality and

waiting for the right time, the USSR will lend aid to today's

Germany and supply her with raw materials and foodstuffs. Of course,

we will not allow such shipments to jeopardise our economy or weaken

our armed might.

 

"At the same time we must carry on active communist propaganda in

the Anglo-French block, and especially in France. We must be

prepared for the fact that in wartime the French Communist Party

must abandon legal activities and go underground. We realise that

such work will demand great sacrifice by way of lives. However, we

trust our French comrades. The main task will be to break up and

demoralise the army and the police. If this preparatory work is

fulfilled properly, the security of a Soviet Germany will be

assured. This will likewise ensure the sovietisation of France."

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