For who ever posted the ridiculous comment about Russians wanting to start WW2 I challenge you to find a credible source, because none exist. If you knew anything about history you would know that by this time in history Stalin had no plans to invade Europe at all, he did want to expand the influence of the Soviet Union and but he intentionally decided NOT to deploy the military in the 40’s. Why? Because he had a treaty with Hitler, the entire standing army of the USSR was wiped out within the first few months of the war, and it was 2 million mind you. When the Germans got into the borders of Russia they were fighting mainly conscripts, thats why they got so far in the beginning of the was, Stalin was totally unprepared for a breaking of the treaty. Most of the powerful soviet war machines of the time were built after the invasion, the T-34 for instance and the early MIG’s were build in hidden factories in forests and mountains because Germany had taken most of the heavy industry in western republics. A nation that was ready for the war path as you so claim would not have been so easily taken in the first year, only one that was off guard. In fact the ONLY branch of the military that was being built up during that time was the Soviet navy but only because the secretary of the navy directly disobeyed Stalins orders because he had a hunch that Germany would invade, this is why Germany won no great naval battles in the east. Study your history a little bit better than going off wild conspiracy theories that sound nice to you from random article you find in god knows where.