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This. It gets far worse the further you get - it wasn't just spying. Sean McMeekan's recent book details how pervasive it was - for example, Harry Dexter White
by InTheArena 3y ago
This. It gets far worse the further you get - it wasn't just spying. Sean McMeekan's recent book details how pervasive it was - for example, Harry Dexter White was in the Department of treasury, helped write the Morgenthau plan, which extended the war, and assigned "the booty" of germany to the soviets and leaked it to the soviets and the press. That led to "a near-miraculous revitalization of the German army."
The soviets under Stalin played the allies _hard_ during World War 2.
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- hgsgm 3y agoWhat do you mean? Why would leaking the plan to the Soviets mean anything? Why would the Soviets want a longer war?
- twoodfin 3y agoAt that point, a longer war in the West meant further and more secure Soviet advances in the East. The Morgenthau plan implied a harsh post-war settlement for Germany, and at the time was viewed as effectively inspiring the Germans to fight on rather than capitulate or revolt against the failing Nazi regime.