History 02/03/20 the terms On which the USSR was willing to conclude an Alliance with Hitler in 1940
From 12 to 14 November 1940 people’s Commissar for foreign Affairs V. M. Molotov was in Berlin, where they discussed aspects of the “new order”, who planned to install Germany, Italy and Japan, and also addressed issues relating to the strategic interests of the Soviet Union. The Molotov visit to Berlin meant that the USSR is ready to go to the rapprochement with the countries of the “axis” Berlin-Rome-Tokyo. Hitler and Stalin were United by a common enemy in the person of London.
At the end of October 1940 Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Madrid to agree on their common position regarding future negotiations with Stalin, which the latter hoped to agree on a joint struggle with England and the United States. Of great interest to Il Duce and his son-in-law, foreign Minister of Italy Galeazzo Ciano, summoned the thought of the German leader to focus on Stalin India, thereby weakening England. Unlike Hitler, who did not trust the Russian, Mussolini was attracted to the idea of cooperation with Moscow. Mussolini believed that if Stalin decides on an Alliance with the “axis”, it can easily be converted Communist regime in Nazi.
Diplomatic game
Molotov and Hitler met in the building of the New office, and the next day, 13 November, a German delegation arrived in the Soviet Embassy. In the course of negotiations because of air RAID alarm Molotov and foreign Minister of Germany Joachim von Ribbentrop had to go down to the shelter. It was there that the Soviet Ambassador told a German colleague that the Soviet Union wants to discuss the future of Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania and Eastern Poland.
However, the main requirement on our part was the control over Finland and the Black sea Straits, the Bosporus and Dardanelles. Obligatory condition of Union was the Soviet military bases in Denmark and Bulgaria. During a meeting in the office of the Secretary of state To HitlerCarl Friedrich von weizsäcker laughed at the manners of Soviet officials. However, to laugh at people with such appetites it was careless. Germany was willing to offer only the Soviet Union to Persia and India, which the Soviets had to conquer on their own.
When Hitler passed the requirements of Moscow, he realized that an Alliance with Stalin will not work. For tactical reasons, Ribbentrop continued to discuss with Molotov topics of accession of the USSR to the “Triple Alliance” and the continental blockade of England. Stalin was convinced that Berlin will not be able to fight on two fronts – against London and Moscow, so Molotov is literally dictated terms to the Germans.
implications of the negotiations to Moscow
on the Evening of 15 November there was a meeting of the Politburo of the CPSU (b) on which Molotov reported on the trip. The people’s Commissar said that the plans of Hitler and Ribbentrop extravagant, and the negotiation was pronounced and that the main purpose of Germany is to isolate Russia in the West. At the meeting it was concluded that Tokyo and Berlin strongly pushing the USSR to the East – in Iran and India, and themselves in the near future, I intend to commit aggression against the Soviet Union.
the Soviet Leadership with a view to delay the time of the attack Geomancer advanced 25 November 1940 new proposals on the political and economic solidarity: Germany withdraws its troops from Finland, she moved to the Soviet sphere of influence; between the Soviet Union and Bulgaria signed a mutual assistance Pact and on a long-term lease is organized sapno Soviet naval base in the area of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. For the Soviet Union also recognized the territory South of Baku in the direction of the Persian Gulf and Japan in terms of fair compensation refuses to coal and oil in Northern Sakhalin.
the Reaction of Hitler
November 15, 1940, Hitler said to let the Russians in Europe and the Balkans and Finland, which they require, is a hypothetical threat from the flanks. The Fuhrer has instructed, regardless of the outcome of the negotiations to startgotoku for a future war. A month later, he signed “Directive No. 21”, which was called “plan Barbarossa”. According to him, the Wehrmacht had, not stopping war with England to attack the Soviet Union and four months to go to the line Volga-Arkhangelsk.
after Reviewing the document, the commander of the land forces Walther von Braun didn’t believe that it’s true. He asked Hitler’s adjutant Engel to clarify whether or not the führer is planning an attack on the Soviet Union or a bluff. The same reaction was from the chief of the General staff of land forces, Colonel-General Franz Halder, who asked if I’m joking.
the Generals of the Wehrmacht believed that even with the joint strike Japan, Turkey and Spain to defeat the Soviet Union fail. Originally Hitler had planned to attack the USSR, 15-20 may 1941, but because of the need to invade Yugoslavia and Greece to rescue the Italians in Africa, the invasion date was pushed back a month.
Historians have noted that at the conclusion of the Berlin negotiations both sides realized that war was inevitable. The communication between Berlin and Moscow was in the nature of confrontation, but to aggravate the situation the parties are not wanted. The purpose of the subsequent after November 1940 diplomatic relations began preparing for combat operations, the accumulation of forces and occupation convenient strategic position.
Alexander Brazhnik
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