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Interesting article, good to know the historical context.
by JacobThreeThree 4y ago
Interesting article, good to know the historical context.
- rasz 4y agoFor full historical context is best to also learn this: "expectation of eventual territorial expansion to the Baltic countries, Finland and Poland, with the approval of either the Western powers or Germany" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin's_speech_of_19_August_1939 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin's_speech_of_19_August_1... German–Soviet Trade and Credit Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Credit_Agreement_(1939) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Credit_A... "In the event of a territorial and political rearrangement of the areas belonging to the Polish state the spheres of influence of Germany and the U.S.S.R. shall be bounded approximately by the line of the rivers Narew, Vistula, and San." "With regard to Southeastern Europe attention is called by the Soviet side to its interest in Bessarabia (Moldova & Ukraine). The German side declares its complete political disinterestedness in these areas." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations,_1918%E2%80%931941#Pact_and_commercial_deal_signings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_r...