Analysis Of The Molotov Ribbentrop Pact

The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany renounced war between the two countries, giving the Soviet Union much needed time to strengthen itself before Germany’s certain betrayal. Through the pact, Russia was not only promised half of Poland, a territory which had been under Russian sovereignty before World War I, but the Baltic States and Bulgaria. Although Ribbentrop, under the guidance of Hitler, most likely didn’t assume that Russia was ever planning to expand it’s sphere of influence to these regions. With the non-aggression pact, Ribbentrop had secured a safe border with Russia, and through the invasion of Poland had consequently bloodied the hands of Russia in the eyes of the West. When trying to understand …show more content…
The ultimate goal for the war, according to Hitler’s rhetoric, was to secure living space for the Germans. Realistically this translated to the creation of colonial extraction extorted upon Europeans who had been dehumanized by Nazi propaganda. The rich growing fields of Ukraine would supply the Third Reich with enough grain that they wouldn’t need to import, reducing the necessity for a strong navy; if a war against Britain ever came about their naval powers would never be topped by the Third Reich’s. The rich oil fields of the Caucuses would keep the Panzer tanks, Junker bombers, Volkswagens, and the various other machineries of war and industry crucial for maintaining a strong Germany afloat for years. Thus it makes sense that the Nazi’s, free from the fear of an immediate war in France, would invade Russia while she was still weak. The Blitzkrieg campaign orchestrated by Hitler was designed to overrun the inexperience and under equipped Soviet military, allowing the Germans to simply walk over what resistance remained. So the idea that Stalin cut the Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty short is short sighted as ultimately the desire for imminent war that was only favorable to the