Britain s strategy of turning Germany eastwards to destroy USSR Hey I want to add in the view that Chamberlain s strategy was to turn Germany eastwards to destroy USSR That view seems to be missing here And by this date certain members of the Milner Group and of the British Conservative government had reached the fantastic idea that they could kill two birds with one stone by setting Germany and Russia against one another in Eastern Europe In this way they felt that the two enemies would stalemate one another or that Germany would become satisfied with the oil of Rumania and the wheat of the Ukraine It never occurred to anyone in a responsible position that Germany and Russia might make common cause even temporarily against the West Even less did it occur to them that Russia might beat Germany and thus open all Central Europe to Bolshevism This idea of bringing Germany into a collision with Russia was not to be found so far as the evidence shows among any members of the inner circle of the Milner Group Rather it was to be found among the personal associates of Neville Chamberlain including several members of the second circle of the Milner Group The two policies followed parallel courses until March 1939 After that date the Milner Group s disintegration became very evident and part of it took the form of the movement of several persons like Hoare and Simon from the second circle of the Milner Group to the inner circle of the new group rotating around Chamberlain