The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact gave Germany a free hand to attack Western Europe without having to fear a war on two fronts. In return, its secret protocol consigned Finland, ...

To Behrends, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact symbolizes Putin's desire to return to spheres of influence. "Before 1914 Eastern Europe was ruled by empires.

On September 17 1939, the Soviet Red Army invaded Poland from the East while it was fighting Nazi Germany in the West. Following military operations, which lasted for the next 20 days, Nazi Germany ...

As for the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, it remains one of many shameful pages of the history of the pre-war period. If using any of Russia Beyond's content, partly or in full, always provide an active ...

At the time of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact the progressive left called on the oppressed globally to oppose fascism and militarism. This writer is calling for the opposition of militarism and ...

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (named after Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop) divided Poland, giving Hitler a free path to go to war against ...

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact is a cautionary tale about the type of destructive diplomacy that created the pact and where it can lead. Behind Molotov and Ribbentrop were two genocidal dictators, Stalin ...

Some 80 years ago, on Aug. 23, 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, formally known as the Treaty of non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet ...

They were still alive when, in the summer of 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact collapsed. Forced to make a deal with the Allies, Stalin agreed to an amnesty for ...

The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact doomed half of Europe for decades, say the Baltics, Poland and Romania.