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FP and Maintenance of Power - Coggle Diagram
FP and Maintenance of Power
Foreign Policy
Successes
Treaty of Molotov - Ribbentrop
(Temporary) Peace
Economic cooperation between Germany and USSR
Large sphere of influence in Europe
US Lend Lease Program
Military supplies
Food (sugar, spam)
Trade agreement with Germany (1934): Strengthened USSR’s economic position.
Entry into the League of Nations (1934): Gave international recognition.
Treaty of Rapallo (1922): Normalized relations with Germany, both isolated by Western democracies.
Failures
Operation Barbarossa
Support for communist movements abroad: Assistance in founding the CPC (1921), intervention in Spanish Civil War for propaganda purposes.
Comintern activity sometimes strained relations with Western powers (e.g., Britain).
Negotiations with the UK 1938
Post war maintenance of power
Focus on ensuring control over satellite states
Maintenance of power during war
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939) showed Stalin’s ability to manipulate foreign alliances strategically.
Comintern activities were used as propaganda to reinforce loyalty and ideological supremacy.
Many acts of propaganda done to instill confidence in the people (EX: Stalin staying in the capitol as the Nazi's advanced on it)