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What if the Nazis never came to power or at least were marginalized and the Weimar Republic held on, when do you think the Soviets would have launched their attacks into Europe?

I think it's safe to say most major countries always have war plans for attacking or defending their nations. Trotsky definitely wanted to aggressively butt heads with the west while Stalin seemed to play the long game and probably would have wanted steamroll through Europe if he had the chance. The question is when would the Soviets have been at its peak strength or at least recovered from the Civil War and the Purges?

Do you think Stalin would have attacked in the early, mid, late 40s? Maybe even early 50s? Again, supposing if Weimar Germany still existed. That's not to say they would have been entirely pacifistic but it's unlikely Weimar Germany or even with Allied support would have struck first or ramped up rearmament as fast as Nazi Germany
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