Do you think Stalin gave any thought to attacking the allies?

[msgsing]

Communism. So 1950’s.

[Dad01]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

The Soviet Union was bled nearly to death in WW2, suffering at least half of the war's total deaths.

My bet is that Stalin was a whole lot more concerned that the Allies would get together and roll his largely spent forces back to within the USSR's borders. He wouldn't have been able to withstand such an onslaught.

Fortunately, the public in ALL countries was exhausted by the war effort and would not support such a gamble. Truman, Churchill and even Stalin would likely have been removed had they rolled the dice.

Wiser heads prevailed.

ditto

soviet logistics would be their Achilles heel, trucks ammo and fuel and LOTS of it would be needed to subdue western europe esp in face of overwhelming allied air support

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by Dad01

ditto

soviet logistics would be their Achilles heel, trucks ammo and fuel and LOTS of it would be needed to subdue western europe esp in face of overwhelming allied air support

Wars are conducted by generals but they're won by the logisticians.

[G.Duval]

Originally Posted by GoodDawg

Winston Churchill was, reportedly, favorable to the idea of kicking the Soviets out of eastern Europe but that Truman wanted no part of such an endeavor.

I've often wondered if Joseph Stalin ever considered invading western Germany, and/or beyond, in order to claim all of Germany, as well as Italy and perhaps Denmark, Belgium, etc.

Any idea?

That was real plan of Marx/Engels/Lenin/Stalin, e.t.c. World Size Soviet Union was ultimate goal and achieved through world wars, Hitler attacked Soviets a week or so earlier than Stalin planned to attack Hitler, Stalin's first echelon of 250 divisions was situated on the border with the second echelon in transit. Before that Stalin supported Hitler demolishing Western Europe so Stalin would need to deal only with Germany.