In the year of 1939, just a couple of days before World War II actually started, Adolf Hitler and The Soviet Union made a pact never to attack each other or cause any problems for ten years. This pact, named by Hitler is called the Non-Aggression Pact. But, not surprisingly, it lasted only for two years. This pact was a way both for Hitler and The Soviets to defeat more countries and therefore gain more power. But, it was supposed to be something like a peace treaty between the two countries. Little did The Soviets know that Germany is Germany and they would do anything to get more power. Without this pact even being creatd, TheNazi's probably would never have lasted as long as they did. The first agreement stated that the Soviet Union gave food products and materials to Germany, while Germany gave them products like machinery that could aide them in the war. Another agreement that was made was the Soviets were not allowed to join a possible WWII. Because of that, Germany gave them The Baltic States and Poland was to be divided between them. Everything between The Soviet Union and Germany seemed to be going good and under control, until June 22, 1941. The Germans were suposedly planning a surprise attack on The Soviets from the very beginning and on that day, it actually happened. Since The Soviets were so surprised because Hitler was actually breaking the pact that he himself set up, they weren't prepared to fight against a powerful Germany and surrendered quickly. This attack shook the world and made them realize that they were in another war. The Non-Aggression Pact was Hitler's creative strategy to not only gain more power, but to take over the world.
Some people may argue that Hitler attacking the Soviet Union when they had a pact lead to the Nazi's ending. They think this because attacking one of their closest allies not only gained them more enemies, but made the world think badly of them. Even though they controlled most of Europe at the time, there are so many other countries who were starting to realize what was going on. They realized that Hitler was trying to take over the world and they felt the need to step in and help. With their help and all of the enemies that Germany had, they evetually did get defeated. Another argument that has been discussed is whether The Non-Aggression Pact actually helped Germany and The Soviet Union. In Germany's case, it did help them gain control of more countries, but in doing so created more enemies. In the Soviet Union's case, it really didn't help them at all. To Germany, The Non-Aggression Pact was fake and use to gai more power only. Germany didn't care about the Soviet Union; they were faking the whole thing. But, since The Soviets did not know about that until they were surprise attacked, they benefited, or they thought they did by getting half of Poland. But when they were attacked, they no longer had Poland. So, in the long run The Non-Aggression Pact did not help The Soviet Union what so ever. 533
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Knowing that Hitler was an odd man just by looking at his past, why would the Soviet Union have even a little bit of trust in Germany? The Soviet Union had to have some idea that HItler was not going to keep his word. Either the Soviet Union was oblivious to what was going on around them or they thought this was going to end up in their favor. It seems to me that during the World Wars, no one thought decisions through.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Channell's opinion on trusting Germany. After WWI, you would think that everyone knew Germany could not be trusted, especially with someone as radical as Hitler. The reason that the Nazis were successful for so long was because they double-crossed so many countries, like this example of Russia. Although the Non-Agression pact didn't help the Soviet Union, I think it was definitely neccessary to help the world realize how evil the Nazis were and to encourage allies against Germany.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of the previous comments. Why after everything people knew about Germany would you decide to make peace with them. The Soviet Union took a big risk and it never paid off. It was stupid of them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jeff, however I think it makes sense to trust Germany again to give them a second chance to prove themselves. I also agree with Jeffs second statement, but Hitler also was so successful because of his strong military background and his ability to make people believe him.
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