Did Stalin about the impending German attack on the USSR

The theory that Joseph Stalin, the General Secretary of the USSR, it was known that Nazi Germany was preparing to attack our territories, is quite popular. Often assume that Secretary General specifically allowed Hitler to attack the first to draw the United Kingdom and the United States on their side. < Website Alex Kilichenkov
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These questions will be relevant as long as we study the history of our Motherland. The huge country was preparing for war for fifteen years, donating millions of their lives and a very large share of the national wealth in order to be ready for this war. At the same time the war began for the Soviet people, quite unexpectedly, a sudden attack of Germany. The contradiction between the sacrificial preparations and a catastrophic outbreak of the war raises questions that still excite both researchers and ordinary citizens.



Was Stalin aware of an imminent attack - not a simple question. Still, he considered such a scenario unlikely.
This is explained by pragmatic reasons. Stalin was convinced that the outbreak of war with the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, Hitler is not profitable, not just repeating what Hitler - is not such an idiot to be the first to launch a war on two fronts. In addition, if we estimate the amount of information that Germany had at the time of the attack on the Soviet Union, nothing suggests that the Soviet Union is preparing for a preventive strike. Neither the state of the armed forces or the deployment of troops, no documents, known in Germany - nothing gave grounds for such a conclusion, although the idea later became the basis for propaganda myth that justifies the sudden German attack.

Could Stalin to prevent the outbreak of war is based on the prospects of a military alliance with Britain and the United States? I completely rule out this possibility. That model of relations with the West, which Stalin followed in 1940 - 41 years, does not give grounds for such an assertion. The response to the actions of the USSR in Germany in 1939 - 1940 years was the full approval and support.
USSR could win this war alone, without allies


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