Why did Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union fight each other instead

Hitler.

Germany wasn't under a socialism. The Third Reich was a heavily mixed economy, but they still possessed private industries. This includes the majority of their civilian enterprises. The Reich did invest in nationalizing all of their major manufacturing facilities, but they were not driven to nationalize all facilities and companies under their roof. Adolf Hitler stated that he disliked the socialist systems because of their internationalist tendencies and their drive to abolish national image - sort of how lot of communists wanted to conglomerate the Eastern half of Europe into Russia, during the 1930's.

>>1493502
FPBP

The better question is why didn't the Allies declare war on the Soviets after they invaded Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. Seems kind of hypocritical 2bh.

>>1493554
Not to mention the Americans and British would only threaten to declare war for the next following years against the Soviet Union. It also seems odd that America and Britain allowed the Soviets to expand, despite hating each other, again the Cold War. Overall, it never fixed anything the Americans or British were aiming for.

>>1493554

They (or at least the British, who were mostly in charge of the Allied strategy circa 1939-40) very nearly did, but "one war at a time" thinking prevailed. By the time Germany was defeated, America was running most of the show in the Western camp, and they had different priorities.

It's almost like this is rather basic knowledge.

>>1493554
Because their treaty with Poland specified the threat of Germany.

Even then they came close to turning hostile on the Soviets, especially with their Winter War shenanigans later on.

But Germany prevailed as the premier threat.

>>1493554
Because they wanted the Soviets to be their ally later on and help them defeat Hitler. The British always get a patty to fight their wars for them and do the majority of killing and dying. It's a sound idea to be honest.

Further it can be argued that the British guarantee of territorial integrity issued to Poland in 1939 was meant to cause exactly that which happened: for Poland to oppose Germany, be conquered, and thus create a long land border between Germany and Soviet Union, which sooner or later had to lead to a war between the two.

Nazi: communists and capitalists ate two sides of the same coin
Communist: Nazis and capitalists ate two sides of the same coin
Capitalist: Nazis and communists are two sides of the same coin

>>1493470
Why doesn't North Korea join in an alliance with the United States? Aren't they both democratic republics ruled by the people?

>>1493846
They're all right

>>1493886
Are you implying that the two parties werent both totalitarian dictatorships?

>>1493896
t. the black army

>>1493896
verily, that activated my neruons