What is being suggested in this forum (that Russia was particularly inexcusable in it's behavior leading up to the main conflict) is also a narrative, a fairly new one at that (just as the Russians have their narrative).
After WWI nobody wanted to fight Hitler, especially alone. Russia was not the only one to try appeasement and cooperation in order not to get into the conflict before they were ready.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain cheerfully greeted by Adolf Hitler at the beginning of a meeting on 24 September 1938, where Hitler demanded annexation of Czech border areas without delay
The more one studies WWII the more they realize the whole concept we have in the US of "the good war" is a naive narrative for public consumption. It was a nasty, dog eat dog war that everyone looked out for their own interests until there was no choice. It also had it's share of other nasty "rule breaking" (there are always war crimes in war) by all participants.
What is most important was that all the allies came together in the end and finished Hitler and what he represented.
War is hell and most anyone that fights it gets compromised in the process, even the "good guys". Despite it being sanitized for consumption.
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