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*** There is evidence that at one point Germany offered to let the USSR join the Axis, but the USSR wanted too much in exchange (control of Finland, Turkey, and eventually the Persian Gulf). Plans to invade the USSR were drawn up soon after.
*** In ''Mein Kampf'' Hitler declares his intention to conquer USSR. It appears that the Soviet Union was the only place where it was read.
** The United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union worked side by side to defeat Germany, Japan and Italy. The Allies, particularly the U.S. and Churchill, had at least some contempt over the Soviets for their communist ideology, but as they were fighting a shared enemy it would make sense for them to form a temporary alliance at the very least.
** Winston Churchill was a staunch anti-Communist, but he promised help to the Soviet Union immediately after Hitler attacked it. He once said, "If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."
** Various people classified as sub-humans by the Nazis, such as Japanese, Chechens and Indians, teamed up with the Nazis against a common enemy (the Soviet Union for Chechens, Britain for Indians). Many slavonic people actually served in the Wehrmacht itself.
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