Nazi - Soviet non aggression pact
- Soviet Union tried to participate in World Affairs in the 1920s
- Signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact. 1928, denouncing war
- Joined the League of Nations 1934
- Not allowed to make alliances anymore
- Signed various non-aggression pacts
- Shared concern of the west about fascism and rise of Japan in the 1930's
- Stalin signs a non-aggression pact with hitler in 1939
- Agreed not to fight each other
- Agreed to divide Poland
- Neither liked how Poland was created
- Russians take eastern half
- Peace at the beginning of WWII because of this pact
- Began to trade raw material for war material
- Also called Molotov-Ribbentrop pact
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.
- Josef Stalin
- Josef Stalin