Role of USSR in the policy of Appeasement?

Answer 1

Stalin, the Soviet leader, signed a non aggression pact with Germany in August 1939. It was a crowning diplomatic achievement for the Nazi regime as it allowed Hitler to concentrate all his forces against Poland and the western powers, with only a minor concern over Russia. Within days Germany attacked Poland, quickly followed by the Russians. The pact contained clauses that partitioned Poland between the two and also divided other various eastern European nations between the two powers. These clauses were near identical to the later decisions that divided Germany and other European nations between the Soviets and the western Allies in 1945, the only major difference being that the British and French did not declare war on Russia for doing what Germany had done six years prior.

Answer 2

On June 22nd 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union at 0400 GMT. At 0500GMT the Propaganda minister of Germany Joseph Goebbels announced a statement from Hitler declaring that the mobilization of the German army would be the "greatest the world has ever seen".

In 1939 Germany and The USSR had signed a non-aggression pact which was obviously broken when the German army of around three million crossed the border and started to attack. It was code named "Operation Barbarossa".

The USSR had a very large force of around nine million men in arms and about half a million in reserve however they were at a great disadvantage when it came to skill and battle tactics

Answer 3

Russia did not really have to do anything with the policy of appeasement. It mainly involved Neville Chamberlain in giving what Adolf Hitler wanted, so that Chamberlain could save time to mobilise Britain's army. Some say this was stupid as this policy made Hitler more stubborn in wanting more things such as land.