The angle I could have seen would have been a reverse Molotov pact with the US in like 1938.
“Let us take squeeze that Soviet problem for you, set up a puppet state we can plunder together, and we’ll even buy weapons with you for the cause”. They might have to leave the UK alone, at least for a few years, to avoid souring the relationship, but that would have manages to cleae the board.
I guess that predates WWII from launching though, depending how you define it.
The angle I could have seen would have been a reverse Molotov pact with the US in like 1938.
“Let us take squeeze that Soviet problem for you, set up a puppet state we can plunder together, and we’ll even buy weapons with you for the cause”. They might have to leave the UK alone, at least for a few years, to avoid souring the relationship, but that would have manages to cleae the board.
I guess that predates WWII from launching though, depending how you define it.