Why did the Soviets think that Western nations might invade the Soviet Union after

World War II?

Western nations demanded control of the oil that had been found in the Soviet

Union.

Soviet surveillance airplanes had discovered French troops amassing near the

Polish border.

The West threatened to retaliate because the Soviet Union controlled East

Germany.

The Soviet Union had been invaded by Napoleon and the Germans.

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Shea Nguyen

13 February, 01:05

Why did the Soviets think that Western nations might invade the Soviet Union after

World War II?

Western nations demanded control of the oil that had been found in the Soviet

Union.

Soviet surveillance airplanes had discovered French troops amassing near the

Polish border.

The West threatened to retaliate because the Soviet Union controlled East

Germany.

The Soviet Union had been invaded by Napoleon and the Germans.

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Bailee Dodson · Answer 1

one of the main reasons for this invading scepticism was that The Soviet Union had been invaded by Napoleon and the Germans before.

Moreover, since the Soviet Union is so different from the western political system and the economy, they feared that as the democratic and capitalist nations saw communism as a threat and that they might eventually attack the Soviet union.