Nah the fear of revolution and preference for fascism was there from the beginning, particularly bc the socialist movement in france was so strong (strong enough that the early 30s attempt at domestic fascism was thwarted).
Some examples i have offhand from Bambery’s book on ww2:
British refusing to stand up to hitler in 1936 bc they feared revolution. The french agreed.
Hitler admitting if they hadnt let him remilitarise in 36, he woulda had to back down
1939, french more worried about revolution and soviet expansion than german takeover
Britain and France disavowing the reds and democracy and almost declaring war on the soviets in 1940 while refusing to seriously engage the nazis
I could also point to the french, british, etc, position on the spanish civil war being “its better for us if franco wins” but thats more circumstantial and i feel i’ve given enough evidence anyways
I was referring exclusively to the post-September 1939 part.
In fact, pre-war fear of revolution of Britain and France and their unwillingness to commit to cooperation with USSR was one of the reasons, why USSR wanted to delay fighting Germany. USSR wanted to avoid being alone against Germany and even feared worse scenario with Germany getting direct support from other capitalist powers.
Nah the fear of revolution and preference for fascism was there from the beginning, particularly bc the socialist movement in france was so strong (strong enough that the early 30s attempt at domestic fascism was thwarted).
Some examples i have offhand from Bambery’s book on ww2:
I could also point to the french, british, etc, position on the spanish civil war being “its better for us if franco wins” but thats more circumstantial and i feel i’ve given enough evidence anyways
I was referring exclusively to the post-September 1939 part. In fact, pre-war fear of revolution of Britain and France and their unwillingness to commit to cooperation with USSR was one of the reasons, why USSR wanted to delay fighting Germany. USSR wanted to avoid being alone against Germany and even feared worse scenario with Germany getting direct support from other capitalist powers.