Mitä jos Zukov olisi onnistunut vakuuttamaan Stalinin että Hitler oli aikeissa hyökätä?

On olemassa teoria jonka mukaan NL olikin aikeissa hyökätä. Itse uskon että hyökkäys olisi epäonnistunut, mutta Stalin todennäköisesti uskoi että NL voittaisi sodan:

“Red Army considerably exceeded the German army in the quantity of armaments and combat materials“

“Military actions would have begun with the surprise blow by the Soviet Air Force on the airfields of Eastern Prussia, Poland and Romania. The overall Soviet superiority in aviation would have made it possible to subject German airfields in a 250 km-deep border zone to continuous airstrikes, which would have led to a significant weakening of the enemy and would have facilitated Red Army ground forces operations. The ground forces were supposed to have two major strike directions: one striking towards Eastern Prussia and Poland and the other into Romania in the South.
The basic idea of Soviet military planning consisted in the fact that the Red Army was to concentrate near the border under the disguise of maneuvers and to go over into a sudden, decisive attack. "The absence of any references to the possible defensive operations of the Red Army shows that the discussion was not about the preparation for a pre-emptive strike but for the assault on Germany and its allies. This idea is clearly expressed in the document of May 15, 1941, by which the Red Army was to be guided in the beginning of war." Meltyukhov suggests that the assault on Germany was initially planned to take place on June 12, 1941, but was postponed because the Soviet leadership feared an Anglo-German reconciliation against the Soviet Union after the flight of Rudolf Hess on May 12, 1941.”

Jossitella aina voi.
On väitetty että Neuvostoliiton johtajat suunnitteli hyökkäystä saksan kimppuuni mutta saksa kerkis ensin, tiedä häntä.
Samoin Neuvostoliitto suunnitteli hyökkäystä Ruotsiin 60- 70 luvulla mutta eivät uskaltaneet kun huomasivat että Ruotsin sotilas puoli on selvillä mitä suunnitellaan.