Prof. Richard J. EVANS

Brytyjski historyk. Profesor Uniwersytetu w Cambridge, specjalista w dziedzinie II wojny światowej i historii III Rzeszy. Członek Królewskiego Towarzystwa Historycznego oraz Akademii Brytyjskiej. Autor książki "Nadejście III Rzeszy".

Prof. Richard J. EVANS: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The first step towards the destruction of the Polish nation
Prof. Richard J. EVANS

Prof. Richard J. EVANS

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The first step towards the destruction of the Polish nation

Why was the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact signed? For both Hitler and Stalin the aim was to buy time, to enable the invasion of Poland without bringing the Third Reich and the Soviet Union into a war with each other at a time when Germany was not ready for a full-scale war, and the USSR was rebuilding its armed forces and munitions factories after they had been severely affected by the purges of the 1930s.