During the 1920s, Germany and the Soviet Union, especially after the Treaty of Rapallo, had good relations (at least relatively speaking in comparison to their relations with Britain and France), particularly with the Soviet Union helping Germany bypass the military restrictions placed on it by the Treaty of Versailles. Of course, after the Nazis, which wanted to conquer the Soviet Union to gain Lebensraum, took power in 1933, relations deteriorated and the Nazis eventually launched a genocidal war of conquest against the Soviet Union in 1941.
What if the Nazis never took power in Germany in 1933? Would German-Soviet relations be maintained as they were in the 1920s, or would they still deteriorate, and if so, could it possibly still cause a war between Germany and the Soviet Union to eventually break out?
What if the Nazis never took power in Germany in 1933? Would German-Soviet relations be maintained as they were in the 1920s, or would they still deteriorate, and if so, could it possibly still cause a war between Germany and the Soviet Union to eventually break out?