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stalin and international relations
germany
cooperation
cooperation established in 1922 by the treaty of rápalo and consolidated by the treaty of Berlin in 1926
In 1931 the continuation of the Berlin treaty was negotiated, but the relationship was strained
Soviet Union benefited from German technical expertise
stalin was slow to react to the rise of hitler
nazi soviet pact and outcome
the Soviet German anti agression pact was necessary for hitler to be able to invade Poland
Outwardly, Stalin remained open to pacts with Western Europe
The pact gave Stalin protection from the invasion of Germany
Allowed Stalin to focus on internal affairs
Enabled huge territorial gains for Russia
Hitler disobeyed the rules of the pact, and prepared to invade the USSR in 1941, which Stalin refused to believe
League of Nations
move away from diplomatic isolation
In 1933, diplomatic relations established with USA
Litvinov, the foreign commissar, had credibility with western diplomats
Bringing Russia into the League of Nations was seen as a desirable step to the west
pacts with france and Czechoslovakia
a non agression pact was signed with France in 1932 which was the basis for the Franco- Soviet pact of mutual assistance
Many in the west were sceptical of the pact due to no clauses on military support
A similar pact was enabled between Russia and Czechoslovakia in which the ussr agreed to intervene if they were attacked
western appeasement and Japanese agression
Soviet Union was excluded from participation in negotiation talks with Britain, France, Germany and Italy
The threat from Japan was evident through the anti Comintern pact between Germany and Japan
The tensions started a major war in 1939 involving over 100,000 troops