if it wasnt for american bankers financing germany to stop the communists there would have not have been any hitler or powerful germany...history 101
Unless you believe you turn from buying bread with carts of banknotes to first industrial power just with good laws in 10 yrs.
Well the Russian communist did get to Berlin first in ww2.
Military bases are good for the economy.
Tell that to the Russians who are annoyed at the fact in turkey there is USA artillery aiming at Moscow and stpeterberg or in Poland US artilerry aiming at the Kremlin.
Than USA people complains when Russians put nukes in Cuba or invade Ukraine
We started, normal they set up defenses.
About nazi germany they betrayed the Soviet Union. They had signed nonaggression accords.
The soviet weren't ready for a war, they won thanks to patriotism, blood and American supply passing by finland