The Nazi-Soviet Pact Flashcards
hitlers motives for signing pact
when he planned to inavade P USSR wouldst retaliate=less fighting easier
lebensraum
border qith USSR would make it easier to invade n destroy communism
access to Ukraine so G couldn’t be blockaded like in WW1
Stalins motives motive for s
sacred of h n he knew if he invaded B,F would reamin passive-make h less suspicious if je has a friendship with him
delay war so R has time to rearm
been ignored in the Munich A so he wan’t to show B F his power
stood alone in growing fascist threat so a non aggression pact guarantee some form of safety for his ppl
recover lost territory after WW1
F and B hated communism n viewed h as lesser of two evils
B and F were responsible for the nazi sovier pact coming into force
s lost triust in B and F bc of appeasement
s left out of Munich Agreement bc communism worse than facsim
B,F passive bystanders to the grow of facism so s forced to sign pact in order to create a bufferzone from western powers= safety for his ppl
HOWEVER… both had own desires they wanted to achieve thro the pact
