kravietz 🦇 on Nostr: > Nazis had their plans to conquer the "Lebensraum Osten" for a long time. Of course, ...

> Nazis had their plans to conquer the "Lebensraum Osten" for a long time.

Of course, but to no less this extends to Soviet plans to conquer Europe or, as they worded it, "spread the proletarian revolution". They already tried in 1918 but were stopped in Poland, but never abandoned their plans. The whole Warsaw Pact WW3 plan was specifically about leveling NATO defenses in Central Europe using nuclear weapons and move Westwards at full speed.

> it could have been also preparation for a pre-emptive attack on highly expansionist Germany.

No dispute here - I'm just explaining the context of that statement, because while Suvorov's theory is controversial, the main controversy is Soviet and Russian historians not liking it - his facts are solid and based on Soviet documents. Of course, they present many alternative explanations _why_ exactly USSR accumulated offensive weapons, but they're all a bit of a stretch. And no solid _evidence_ will be available any time soon - like concrete Soviet plans - simply because Putin has recently extended classification of all WW2 documents by another 50 years - guess why 😉

> this part of 20th century history are heavily influenced by ideology.

You won't find much ideology in Eastern European perception of Soviet occupation. They invaded us, killed us and then held as a workforce and resources colony for 50 years, very simple.