You may them sound like victims. They were quite happy playing the game of thrones themselves, allying with Nazi Germany, invading countries left and right and

You may them sound like victims. They were quite happy playing the game of thrones themselves, allying with Nazi Germany, invading countries left and right and starting to carve up Eastern Europe, then fighting a covert war with the West for decades, with neither side particularly caring about who would get crushed in the process.