Molotov Ribbentrop Pact

Munich Conference-1938 - Hitler wanted to annex the Sudetenland, a portion of Czechoslovakia whose inhabitants were mostly German-speaking. On Sept. 29, Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain signed the Munich Pact, which gave Germany the Sudetenland. British Prime Minister Chamberlain justified the pact with the belief that appeasing Germany would prevent war.

February 1945: Yalta Conference: The Yalta conference was meeting held by the leaders of the 3 most powerful allied countries: the US, USSR, and Great Britain. They were there to discuss reparations in Germany. They all agreed that Germany should have a military power. Stalin, however, wanted $20 billion from Germany to pay for reparations, but FDR and Churchill disagreed. At the end of the conference, they all agree to divide Germany into four zones. The US, USSR, Great Britain, and France will each get a zone. This also led to the division of Berlin. The Yalta conference left Berlin and Germany divided until the end of the Cold War.

World War II began on September 1, 1939 with Germany’s invasion of Poland a week after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Officially known as a treaty of non-aggression between the Soviet Union and Germany but secretly containing a protocol in which several European countries were divided into “spheres of influence” between the two powers.

Germany and The Soviet Union were not that different from each other. They had similar government ideas, mostly because their leaders were similar in personality. (Stalin: Inside the Terror) They grew up with the same ideas of a proper government being brought up with radical political thoughts. Hitler (the chancellor of Germany) and Stalin (Russia 's ruler) both were strong headed which lead to a strong military forces.(This Day in History: Adolf Hitler becomes president of Germany) With Germany and the Soviets wanting control over the smaller European countries, they both wanted the same thing from each other, no war. This lead to the nonaggression pact.

In 1939 the world was plunged into World War II because of the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland Crisis between the major powers of Europe after a conference held in Munich in Germany in 1938. The Sudetenland was an important region of Czechoslovakia. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. The Munich Agreement caused many disagreements between European countries. Collective security was a more effective response to aggression than appeasement because more European countries disagreed than agreed

At the start of the first world war, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact. With Germany and the Soviet Union being allies, the rest of the world had their suspicions. In the U.S., Senator Truman expressed his dislike of both countries and his view of them as potential enemies(Doc A).

In 1939, there was a Second World War. The Munich Agreement caused many disagreements between countries. It was performed so that it would satisfy Hitler’s passion, and soon bring security for Europe. However, all of that was unnecessary and Hitler kept moving forward (Doc 7). In (Document 3), Hitler promised to end the Treaty of Versailles. He also

During the time in Between the Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys describes the historical period after Hitler and Stalin signed the nonaggression pact in 1939 during World War II, which states that both countries will not attack each other nor support any country at war with the other. The pact was a shock to the world primarily because Hitler hated communism, however Hitler needed to work out something with Stalin so that his plan wouldn’t collapse. The pact wasn't only a safe bubble for Hitler but also it benefited both countries by agreeing to increase trade between each other. This pact was a win-win for both countries, Germany protected itself from having to fight a two front war at the beginning of World War II and Soviet Union acquired land which included Poland and the Baltic States. However in 1941, Germany broke the treaty when they attacked the Soviet Union in less than two years of sign the pact, moreover this pack was supposed to last about ten years. German Nazis launched an attack on Poland from the wast with about fifteen thousand men, airplanes and tanks. Additionally, in the novel another historic event was happening Stalin’s gulags. Joseph Stalin had a system of forced labor camps known as Gulag which is an acronym for the Soviet

The signing of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was extremely significant in regards to the outbreak of war in Europe. Both Germany and Russia possessed considerable motives for signing the pact.

Germany’s severe lost in Operation Barbarossa became a crucial moment as the battle weakened Hitler’s army and had them fighting on two fronts. Before this unexpected intrusion, Hitler in June of 1941, annulled the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Germany and Soviet Union made an agreement with one another to not fight each other in war and share Poland and other European countries. Three million Axis troops invaded Soviet Union with their artillery guns, tanks and aircrafts in November. Operation Barbarossa lasted through the winter season.

The Soviet Union was becoming increasingly more and more worried about the influence of the West in Germany. It was convinced that Germany’s neutrality was vastly important to the security of Russia. In response to the talks on March 6, the Soviets temporarily restricted the movement of Western military supplies

In 1934, Germany and Poland signed a non-aggression pact, which was meant to exclude Poland from the French System of alliances.

The Tripartite Pact signed by the three stated that any country, excluding the Soviet Union, who were to attack the Axis Powers would have no choice but to go to war with all three. The Axis Powers later expanded their reach to Hungry, Slovakia and Romania. With the help of Hungry and Romania the Germans initiate the siege on the USSR. The Tripartite Pact was also signed by the Bulgarian’s and Yugoslavia on March 1941, with Yugoslavia being overwhelmed by the British. Subsequently the Germans deemed the new regime unfavorable and proceed to wipe out the

One of their agreements was to have, “established a military administration for Germany and agreed to place Nazi leaders on trial for war crimes.” As the Allied leaders they did not always correlate on topics but Germany was one they were able to agree on.

The main premises of the pact were that Germany and the Soviet Union would not attack each and that they would not support or join any alliances or treaties with nations to indirectly attack each other. Additionally, the nations agreed to work together on issues concerning on another and to negotiate all issues between one another. The treaty was signed to last for ten years. However, the most prominent part of this pact was that eastern europe would be split between the two nations so as not to cause conflict. With this part of the pact, the Soviet Union was given the Baltics as part of their “sphere of influence” and thus they assumed it was there to take. When the Baltics were annexed by the Soviet Union and reincorporated into the USSR in 1940, many blamed this