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Regarding point three: Stalin didn't think anything of the sort. He clearly saw that Hitler was preparing an attack, but since taking any measures was frightening – because then he would definitely attack – he decided to flatter him, hoping it would work and he wouldn't attack us. However, yes, he would have attacked Germany himself when the USSR became even stronger. And in general, we could have put up a pretty good defense if not for the actions of the same Stalin. He couldn't help but believe the intelligence reports because the intelligence services were saying the same thing everywhere. Isn't that probably for a reason? Moreover, he forced intelligence officers to release German spies with our geographical and military data. You say he didn't believe it?