Facts are facts. Instead of relying on sensationalized Wikis or pop-history books, let's focus on what's actually backed by hard evidence. “The USSR did what every other European country had already done: it signed a non-aggression pact to delay war.”
Non-Aggression and Peace Agreements Signed With Nazi Germany (Before the USSR)
German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact
🔶 Signed: January 26, 1934
🔶 Fact: While the USSR proposed a joint defense pact, Poland preferred peace with Hitler.
Anglo-German Naval Agreement
🔶 Signed: June 18, 1935
🔶 Fact: Britain gave Germany the green light to rebuild its navy, violating the Treaty of Versailles. Czechoslovakia and France were completely bypassed.
Franco-German Declaration of Non-Aggression
🔶 Signed: December 6, 1938
🔶 Context: Signed right after France helped give away Czechoslovakia to Hitler at Munich.
German–Danish Non-Aggression Pact
🔶 Signed: May 31, 1939
🔶 Reality: Germany invaded Denmark less than a year later.
German–Lithuanian Agreement (Post-Memel Ultimatum)
🔶 Signed: March 22, 1939
🔶 Context: Germany seized Memel under threat, then signed a “peace” pact.
German–Latvian Non-Aggression Pact
🔶 Signed: June 7, 1939
German–Estonian Non-Aggression Pact
🔶 Signed: June 7, 1939
Rome–Berlin Axis
🔶 Established: 1936
🔶 Formalized as the Pact of Steel: May 22, 1939
🔶 Fact: A full military alliance between Hitler and Mussolini.
Anti-Comintern Pact (Germany–Japan)
🔶 Signed: November 25, 1936
🔶 Italy joined in 1937
🔶 Purpose: Strategic and ideological alliance against the USSR.
Germany–United States (de facto cooperation)
🔶 No official pact, but:
🔶 Major U.S. corporations, IBM, Ford, GM, Standard Oil, worked with Nazi Germany.
🔶 U.S. banks like Chase and J.P. Morgan operated in Nazi-controlled Europe.
🔶 Fact: Economic cooperation continued well into WWII.
In the photo: American Nazis Rally in New York City. Madison Square Garden. September 10, 1939