Yeah, without the massive forced collectivization and industrialization plans that Stalin initiated, WW2 looks a lot different.
There's also the flip side of Germany possibly flipping communist with more active Soviet international activity during the late 20s to mid 30s. Or at the very least a trade embargo in reaction to Nazi's gaining power.
Hindsight is 20/20 though, and Russia basically ran ahead and no one in Europe followed like was expected. Marx, Engels, Lenin, they all kinda expected the revolution to spread like wildfire after a successful one, and while it did, it just didn't in the industrial core. Which was very bad because the industrial core had industrial weapons.
Yeah, without the massive forced collectivization and industrialization plans that Stalin initiated, WW2 looks a lot different.
There's also the flip side of Germany possibly flipping communist with more active Soviet international activity during the late 20s to mid 30s. Or at the very least a trade embargo in reaction to Nazi's gaining power.
Hindsight is 20/20 though, and Russia basically ran ahead and no one in Europe followed like was expected. Marx, Engels, Lenin, they all kinda expected the revolution to spread like wildfire after a successful one, and while it did, it just didn't in the industrial core. Which was very bad because the industrial core had industrial weapons.