gaxsax wrote:What if Britain and France had declared war against both Germany and the Soviet Union over Poland?
Not a lot.
Hitler's ambitions to expand the Reich into Russia will remain. Once Britain's cities are battered by the Luftwaffe and the Wehrmacht is near the gates of Moscow, both the UK and USSR will realise that they will have to stop being at war and co operate in order to survive the fight with their common enemy.
gaxsax wrote:
Any explanations of the Allies inconsistencies of foreign policy concerning Germany and the Soviets?
The Soviet Union was never seen as a potential threat. It was a far less developed nation with it military wildly seen as a joke. Only after Barbarossa finally failed when the Russians got their act together was the Soviet military a force to be reckoned with.
Their are two ways to stop the USSR taking over central and western Europe.
A - Support Hitler in his conquest of the USSR.
or
B - Invade Hitler from the west while his Reich is a convieniant buffer inflicting large casuialites on the USSR in the east. And take as much of Europe as possible before the USSR gets it.
What do you think is the better option?