Did Stalin ever plan to invade Eastern Germany during WW2?

by BoilingBorrito00

This piece of literature claims that he did.

http://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/articles/stalwarplans.html

Thanks in advance, I'm genuinely curious about this subject and i'm quite eager to see your responses.

Smilin_Dave

I'm going to assume you mean whether there was a plan to invade prior to Operation Barbarossa, since 1945 did see eastern Germany invaded.

Here is a previous post on the topic. Viktor Suvorov/Vladimir Rezun's book Icebreaker is specifically addressed in the post, and is also a reference in that 'article'.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2lz9k6/recently_a_friend_tried_to_convince_me_that/clzplzc

Then again the same piece you've linked references David Glantz but seems to pretty much strawman his arguments. So I guess if you're not convinced you really should read Stumbling Colossus for yourself.

Radiant_Crusade

I've seen a few people throw around the idea that Germany was very concerned about the possibility, especially after the winter war between Finland and Russia, but other than that speculation not a lot. It's very possible there was a kind of plan akin to Operation Unthinkable, but probably not something that was expected to be put into play, at least not at that time.