>>81654554Sure, but from the German's point of view they had to invade eastward to decimate the Bolsheviks before they got to Germany, as it was only really a matter of time. Hitler had very little interest in westward expansion and wanted to ally with them to stop the Bolsheviks, who genuinely did desire to dominate the whole of Europe and would have slaughtered many tens of millions more people.
This was the overall premise for Hitler's war primarily.