Why the Allies considered Bombing the Soviet Union 1940

In 1939/1940 the French and British considered bombing the Soviet Union. Something that sounds quite "crazy" from our perspective nowadays, so why did they consider it?

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Alexander, Martin S.: French grand strategy and defence preparations; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume 1

Imlay, Talbot: Western Allied ideology, 1939-1945; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume 2

Tooze, Adam; Martin, Jamie: The economics of the war with Nazi Germany; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume 3
Edgerton, David: Coal,iron ore and oil in the Second World War; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume 3

Germany and the Second World War – Volume II
German version used for this video:
Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band 2:

Tillmann, Barrett: Whirlwind – The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945

Bomben auf Baku (Spiegel 1973)
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-41926301.html

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