Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 2/3 | Egor Yakovlev

Here the historian covers the relations between the Anglo-French delegation and the USSR. As well, he reveals the conflicting interests of Great Britain and France and the role of Poland in these negotiations.

00:00:00 - the Dertinger Memorandum
00:01:55 - Finland, Nazi Germany and the USSR
00:03:48 - Romania in 1939
00:04:51 - why Hitler wanted to conquer Ukraine
00:05:34 - Romania in 1939
00:06:52 - Poland in 1939
00:07:18 - Ribbentrop, Józef Beck and Polish plans on Ukraine
00:08:25 - political situation around the USSR
00:08:54 - contradictions between the USSR's enemies
00:10:13 - Chamberlain's policy
00:13:43 - Great Britain, the USSR and Anglo-Franco-Soviet alliance
00:16:39 - why the USSR started to negotiate with Germany
00:17:55 - Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations
00:27:57 - the Cambridge Five
00:30:04 - Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations
00:30:48 - Stalin's instruction to Voroshilov
00:35:23 - contradictions between Great Britain and France
00:36:03 - why Poland refused to let Soviet troops pass through

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