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The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, [1] [2] and also known as the Hitler–Stalin Pact [3] [4] and the Nazi–Soviet Pact, [5] was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, with a secret protocol establishing Soviet and German spheres of influence across Eastern Europe. [6]
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was an August 23, 1939, agreement between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany colloquially named after Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. The treaty renounced warfare between the two countries.
The Treaty of Rapallo between Weimar Germany and Soviet Russia was signed by German Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau and his Soviet colleague Georgy Chicherin on April 16, 1922, during the Genoa Economic Conference, annulling all mutual claims, restoring full diplomatic relations, and establishing the beginnings of close trade relationships, which made Weimar Germany the main trading and ...
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War [n] in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War [o] in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.
It was 80 years ago that Soviet troops liberated the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Some of the last survivors will be joined by world leaders on Monday, to commemorate the 1.1 million ...
German staff at Tomka chemical weapons facility, Soviet Union, 1928 Production of German Ju 90 airliners developed for and used by Deutsche Lufthansa, 1938 German Neubaufahrzeug production, 1940 German and Soviet demand for military supplies, already the subject of massive growth under their Four and Five Year Plans, increased even further ...
Two weeks after the German invasion, the Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland in co-ordination with German forces. [29] On September 21, the Soviets and the Germans signed a formal agreement coordinating military movements in Poland, including the "purging" of saboteurs. [30] A joint German-Soviet parade was held in L'vov and Brest. [31]
German troops at the Soviet state border marker, 22 June 1941. At around 01:00 on 22 June 1941, the Soviet military districts in the border area [n] were alerted by NKO Directive No. 1, issued late on the night of 21 June. [193] It called on them to "bring all forces to combat readiness", but to "avoid provocative actions of any kind". [194]