1 / 8

Nazi-soviet non-aggression pact

Nazi-soviet non-aggression pact. Brandon Davis 4/5/2011 Bell 2A. Background!. Hitler planned on taking over Poland, after annexing Austria Germany knew this would cause a “two-front” war that they would certainly lose Germans learned from WWI that splitting their army was not the best idea

leland
Download Presentation

Nazi-soviet non-aggression pact

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Nazi-soviet non-aggression pact Brandon Davis 4/5/2011 Bell 2A

  2. Background! • Hitler planned on taking over Poland, after annexing Austria • Germany knew this would cause a “two-front” war that they would certainly lose • Germans learned from WWI that splitting their army was not the best idea • The Soviets feared Germany, so they were glad to create a pact with them

  3. August 14,1939… • Ribbentrop met with the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov in Moscow to in order to begin draft two pacts • The Economic Agreement • Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

  4. Details…. Details… To the chancellor of the German Reich, Herr A. Hitler. I thank you for your letter. I hope that the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact will mark a decisive turn for the better in the political relations between our two countries. . -J. Stalin*

  5. The Economic Agreement August 19, 1939 • Each side provided goods and products that were rich in their country • The Soviets provided food and raw materials • The Germans provided machinery and furnished products

  6. Now to the Good Stuff • August 23, 1939: • The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact stated each side would not attack the other • Drafted to last for 10 years…. Only lasted for 2 • The Soviet Union could not come to the aid of Poland, that Germany would not have to fight a war on two fronts • However there was a “secret addendum” added to the pact

  7. “Secret Protocol” • Germany “gave” Soviet Russia the Baltic states: • Estonia • Latvia • Lithuania • They also agreed to split Poland down the middle *The Nazis and the Soviets kept the terms of the pact and the protocol until Germany's surprise attack and invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941

  8. Works Cited • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/230972/German-Soviet-Nonaggression-Pact • http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/nonaggression.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact • https://mstartzman.pbworks.com/w/page/24510670/Nazi-Soviet%20Non-Aggression%20Pact%20(1939)%20(7)

More Related