• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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          The USSR had no interest in war after World War II, they wanted peaceful development. The west was terrified that the USSR would continue supporting liberation movements against colonialism, and these fears turned out to be correct as the Cold War went on.

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          USSR literally lost 27 million people in the war against Nazi Germany. Why the fuck would they have wanted to keep fighting?