@Desroko
Do not confuse the Soviet Union just after World War 2 with the Soviet Union of five or six years later. The United States enjoyed a four year long nuclear monopoly. Had superior air capability, had a vastly superior navy, and enjoyed a better intelligence apparatus. Simply put the Soviet Union no matter its devaluation of human life could have put up a significant military front.
They had no hand to play. Then needed four years to even address the first problem on my list. They knew they couldn't have won a war against the Western allies. To think that it would have come to violence is naive. Instead they would have had to withdrawal. At least until they had their own nuclear deterrent. A lack of quick action allowed the Soviet Union to catch up, and lost the west a couple dozen nations to communism.
This was not unseen. His military staff told him what was happening. Churchill himself told Truman what was coming. The list goes on and on. He just decided to be soft, because it was inconvenient. He had piss poor situational awareness, and millions of people had to die to prove that.
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