Hitler literally wrote a book on how much he hated communists, the bolsheviks and wanted to kill them before he even became chancellor. They were rallying against “judeo-bolshevism” from the very start. It was always very clear that the Nazis saw the main enemy in the east.
I mean clearly not. They could’ve continued on from Poland, but went to West first and then to South. Without Molotov-Ribbentrop, not sure if that would’ve been different other than Hitler being (even) less confident about the non-aggression between them. But it’s what ifs.
Hitler literally wrote a book on how much he hated communists, the bolsheviks and wanted to kill them before he even became chancellor. They were rallying against “judeo-bolshevism” from the very start. It was always very clear that the Nazis saw the main enemy in the east.
I’m not sure what you feel this is in reply to. Their mutual hatred was well known
I was trying to say that it was evidently “as soon as possible”.
I mean clearly not. They could’ve continued on from Poland, but went to West first and then to South. Without Molotov-Ribbentrop, not sure if that would’ve been different other than Hitler being (even) less confident about the non-aggression between them. But it’s what ifs.