‘Some people say that Stalin had been planning to attack Hitler and conquer the whole of Europe after the Germans and the British and French wore each other out in the War. That was the real point of the agreement with Hitler. He wanted them to destroy each other so that he could take over all Europe and make use of Germany’s factories.
‘In their talks with him in August the British and French stupidly told Stalin that if Hitler attacked the Poles they would declare war on Germany. It meant that Stalin knew that they really intended to fulfil their threat. Hitler thought that, as usual, they were just bluffing. So Stalin made his pact with Hitler and let him attack Poland, and moved the chess pieces that started the War. Then, when Germany, Great Britain and France were destroying each ot
