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Roosevelt was interested in balance of power - a divided europe served US interests.
Austen Chamberlain's doctrine was let Germany expand eastwards. That was in the UK's interest.
But the USA dominated UK via Canada and Churchill represented their policy.
Auswaertiges Amt Weissbuch Nr. 3 Polnische Dokumente Zur Vorgeschichte Des Krieges
https://archive.org/details/auswaertigesamtweissbuchnr.3polnischedokumentezurvorgeschichtedeskrieges1940128s.scan_202003/
what the "democratic" bloc did for the "democratic front of Spain" ? NOTHING.
No. They worked against it. They helped Franco. That was the intention of the the non-interventionist doctrine - to stop aid reaching the republic. That has been confirmed by UK cabinet papers.
Only Stalin later helped but their intervention wasn't innocent…
To be innocent would be irresponsible.
The USSR was hardly 20 years old and had already suffered 2-3 attempted invasions. It was the only socialist state on planet earth.
How can one criticise the only country that aided the republic?
Spain was being ruined by the POUM and a load of foreign agents.
Just as with the fight against the Nazis, the imperialists and their Trotskyists criticise the USSR and paint themselves as heros - or at least - as innocent bystanders.
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