I partialy quote from Caroline Johnson, Foothill College: "It was Stalin's plan to claim neutrality. His idea was that if all the countries of the world went to war with Germany, by the end of the war, each would become financially and politically exhausted. Russia, having been at peace the entire time, would inevitably rise as the greatest power in the world and dominate above capitalism. However, even Stalin could not ignore Hitler's advances into the USSR and other parts of Europe - the Nazi plan of domination intimidated and threatened that of Stalin's. It was then that Russia became involved in the war. Entrance into the war had many advantages for Russia: it would obviously defend the USSR from Hitler's dominance and it gave Russia the opportunity to take over all of the land in the East that the Nazi's had invaded. This action not only defeated Hitler and his intentions, but it placed Russia in a powerful position in these lands. It is here that Stalin's plan begin to thoroughly develop."
Because stalin feared a invasion from the West, he was still paranoid over the two wars that had been started in the west and in central europe and didn't want it to happen again
he wanted to take over germany, showing no mercy
Joseph Stalin hoped that the Treaty of Versailles would result in Hitler causing a Civil War. He wanted Communists to take over the country of Germany.
Stalin hopes that by the Allies invading Europe, Germany would have to fight on two fronts. This would split the German forces, and reduce the pressure on the Russian/Germany front.
historically they are not the same why you ask? because Hitler wanted to take over Europe while Napoleon wanted a unified Europe (want Europe is today) no one said yes so he decided that he would have to take over Europe
to divert the German army from the Russian front
The country of Germany was his start. He didn't want to just take over A country. He wanted to take the world over. His fanatacism blinded him from seeing that his goal was impossible.
they didnt want to take on each other!
There are over thirty independent countries in Western Europe. How long do you want to spend in each of them?
Germany is in a central location in Europe. It borders Italy, France, Poland and other countries. With control of Germany they could control Europe.
he did not object to it....Stalin did and this was because he was still not too sure whether to stay as an ally of the U.S.A or to split off from it. But he was not prepared to hand over economic data to the U.S.A. He also thought that this was to take away the Soviet sphere of influence in eastern Europe as if the countries in eastern Europe accepted, he didn't want them to become too dependant on the U.S dollar.
He was adverse to Stalin taking over, so he probably wanted Trotsky to come to power.