Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact
- stalin signed with hitler non aggression pact in 39
- agreed not to fight anyone
- divided poland
- traded raw material for war material
- called molotov-ribbentrop pact
Summary
Fascists and Communists were ideologically polar opposites. Hitler and Stalin would surprise the world with this pact; however, it was advantageous to both sides to avoid fighting the along the huge eastern front.
"No human being can tell what the Russians are going to do next, and I think the Japanese actions will depend much on what Russia d ecides to do both in Europe and the Far East--especially in Europe." -FDR
How would the outcome of the war have changed if there was never a non aggression pact and the fighting on the easter front had started years earlier?