Molotov Ribbentrop Pact Analysis

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The era of war in Europe, was an era of great turmoil, great changes, and great horrors. The wars which sprung out in conjunction to colonial territorial disputes, in the end shaped the way the European map looks today. Before the end of the 20th century the national borders and national sovereignties of Europe were constantly changing. The End of world war brought about the reformation of countries such as Poland and Lithuania, and the formation of new Baltic countries such as Estonia and Latvia. The end of world war one, created the three Baltic states as we know them today: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These counties enjoyed a brief interwar period of independence and sovereignty, until being forcefully incorporated into the Soviet Union at the start of the second …show more content…

This pact was originally known as the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact. It was signed in Moscow on August 23rd 1939, By German minister Jochim Von Ribbentrop and Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov. This significance of this protocol was that it included a secret protocol over the political and territorial rearrangement in Eastern Europe. The secret protocol divided up Eastern Europe between German and Soviet political influence. The pact held a strong anti-capitalist sentiment, and rearranged nations territorial borders for political gain of Nazi Germany and the USSR. This pact was later used as justification for the Soviet Union to incoporate the Baltic states, which according to the pact were deemed to be under Soviet influence. Signed on August 23rd 1939 this pact agreed to allot Estonia and Latvia into the influence of the Soviet Union and Lithuania into the Sphere of German influence. The fate of Lithuania the later changed after territorial changes during the German invasion of Poland and the beginning of the second world war on the European

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