Imagine you are an alien who wanders into both countries.
- Nazi Germany, you see:
- military on the street asking for papers
- secret police monitoring everyone
- picture of supreme leader hung up everywhere
- dissidents sent to labor camps
- USSR, you see:
- military on the street making sure you comply
- secret police monitoring everyone
- picture of supreme leader hung up everywhere
- dissidents sent to labor camps
Some people think Nazi Germany's system was far different than a communist country. On the things I care about it wasn't.
In both wars from Great Britain's perspective the problem was Germany was a competing regional power they didn't want overtaking them. From the Zionist perspective they wanted Palestine.
From FDR's perspective he wanted to help the Soviets because he was a commie at heart. His second VP pick (which the party forced him to change) was as close to a card carrying communist as he could be without saying it directly.