Did Stalin plan to invade Germany?

“Stalin planned to invade Germany”

Published 11 December, 2009, 11:05 Edited 11 December, 2009, 17:18 

A letter from Stalin will go under the hammer on Friday at Sotheby's. The document appears to be evidence of Russia’s plans to attack Germany in World War Two.

The letter signed by Joseph Stalin and Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov – dated January 8, 1940 – asks Mongolian leader Choi Balsan for almost 40,000 tons of wool for troop clothing.

For his part, Stalin promised to take all the efforts necessary to satisfy assistance requests from Mongolia. In a startling conclusion, the auction house brochure describes the letter as proof that the Soviet Union planned to invade Germany in harsh winter conditions – something which has been undiscovered by historians before.

The letter is estimated as being worth between $15,000 and $25,000. Also for sale in New York are Leon Trotsky's memoirs dated 1930 – and a copy of Nikolay Gogol's book “Dead Souls” illustrated by famed Russian-French painter Marc Chagall.  

Rightardia comment: The Soviets had claimed in the past that Stalin did not plan to invade Russia. Hitler failed to gain air supremacy over Great Britain because he stopped attacking the RAF air bases and went after London. His campaign to conquer the British Isles stalled.

Hitler then opened up a front against the Russians against the advice of his general officers. Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.

The German attack started on 22 June 1941 nearly 17 months after Stalin asked for the wool for uniforms.

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