What prevented the Soviet Union from making a treaty with Western democracies against the Nazi threat?

Fascism was more closely aligned to Communist goals than democracy, so Italy seemed a better ally.

The Nazis promised to avoid invasion, while democracies made no such promise.

The Soviet Union had little to gain from Western democracies, so there didn't seem to be an advantage.

They tried, but Western nations were suspicious of the threat of Communism.

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Harper Nichols

6 August, 08:42

What prevented the Soviet Union from making a treaty with Western democracies against the Nazi threat?

Fascism was more closely aligned to Communist goals than democracy, so Italy seemed a better ally.

The Nazis promised to avoid invasion, while democracies made no such promise.

The Soviet Union had little to gain from Western democracies, so there didn't seem to be an advantage.

They tried, but Western nations were suspicious of the threat of Communism.

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Maximo Williams · Answer 1

The correct answer is They tried, but Western nations were suspicious of the threat of Communism.

The western nations hated communism because of how it was implemented and how it struck down things like private ownership and nationalized everything and similar things. They didn't want to work with Stalin so Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler. He couldn't work with the West so he decided to prevent being attacked by Germans.