What is von Ribbentrop?(Nazi-soviet-pact)?

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What is von Ribbentrop?(Nazi-soviet-pact)?
I need:
-backround
-key players and there roles
-the whole idea of the pact and what the outcome was

Answer 1

1. Ribbentrop, Joachim von (1893 - 1946)

German Nazi politician and diplomat. As foreign minister 1938 - 45, he negotiated the nonaggression pact between Germany and the USSR (the Ribbentrop - Molotov pact of 1939). He was tried at Nürnberg as a war criminal in 1946 and hanged.

Born in the Rhineland, Ribbentrop was awarded the Iron Cross in World War I, and from 1919 became wealthy as a wine merchant. He joined the Nazi party in 1932 and acted as Hitler's adviser on foreign affairs ; he was German ambassador to the UK 1936 - 38. A political lightweight and social climber, his loyalty was useful to Hitler since he posed no threat, although he was regarded with contempt by his colleagues.

2. Nazi - Soviet pact

Nonaggression treaty signed by Germany and the USSR on 23 August 1939. The pact is named after the German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Russian foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov , working under German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin respectively. Under the terms of the treaty both countries agreed to remain neutral and to refrain from acts of aggression against each other if either went to war. Secret clauses allowed for the partition of Poland - Hitler was to acquire western Poland, Stalin the eastern part. On 1 September 1939 Hitler invaded Poland. The pact ended when Hitler invaded Russia on 22 June 1941 during World War II .

3. Nazi aims

The two sides had their own reasons for the pact. The Nazis wanted to ensure that their planned takeover of Poland would not be opposed by the USSR. Hitler did not want to ally himself to his ideological enemy in the long term, he simply wanted to buy himself time as he pursued his policy of Lebensraum , a theory that he had developed for the expansion of Germany into Eastern Europe. Hitler always intended to attack the USSR eventually, but with a Nazi - Soviet pact Germany was able to operate in a controlled environment in Europe, safe in the knowledge that the USSR would not interfere with their expansion plans or war always intended to attack the USSR eventually, but with a Nazi - Soviet pact Germany was able to operate in a controlled environment in Europe, safe in the knowledge that the USSR would not interfere with their expansion plans or war and the UK.

4. Soviet aims

The USSR was able to fulfil some of its goals as well. Offended by the negative attitude of the Allies towards the USSR Stalin was able to strike fear into the UK and France. Stalin felt no reason to help the British or French in their increasingly dangerous struggle with Hitler. The British and French had provided help in 1920 for the Tsarist ` Whites ´ during the Russian civil war (1918 - 21) to try to overthrow the Soviet Bolshevik regime. Although the USSR was eventually allowed into the League of Nations in 1934, they never felt fully accepted or trusted by the western nations. Stalin negotiated with the UK and France in the summer of 1939, but the British and French would not accept Soviet demands to annex the Baltic States or to be allowed to send troops into Poland if Germany attacked the Poles. Stalin felt abandoned by the British and French and, aware that the German policy of Lebensraum threatened Soviet territory, he concluded that the USSR would be better off negotiating a pact with Germany than waiting for the UK and France to accept his terms.

5. Reaction to the Nazi - Soviet pact

The Ribbentrop - Molotov pact was a pact of convenience that suited both sides at the time. It was an unexpected product of a specific moment in history when two nations were able to offer each other something that they could not obtain elsewhere, while still maintaining mutual dislike and distrust. However, the pact shocked the world. The idea that the strongly anti - communist German Nazis and the equally strongly anti - Nazi Soviet communists would sign what amounted to an alliance was totally unexpected. The USSR was diplomatically isolated by the world's other major powers, the UK, France, and the USA. Many politicians in the UK and France had been prepared to pursue a policy of appeasement of Hitler because he was so vehemently against communism . The Soviets were feared in the UK and France as a threat to democracy and capitalism . A pact of co - operation between Germany and the USSR overturned the certainties of Europe and threatened the balance between the European powers.

Answer 2

German foreign minister (1938—45). After World War I he became a wealthy champagne merchant. He joined the National Socialist party in 1932 and impressed Adolf Hitler with his knowledge of foreign languages and countries; he soon became Hitler's foreign policy expert and set up his own office on foreign affairs, which often superseded the foreign office. At the same time, he was German ambassador at large (1935—36) and ambassador to Great Britain (1936—38), returning a violent Anglophobe. In 1938 he succeeded Constantin Neurath as foreign minister. He was influential in the formation of the Rome-Berlin Axis (1936), in the conclusion of the Russo-German nonaggression pact of Aug., 1939, and in planning the attack on Poland that set off World War II. As foreign minister, he was subservient to Hitler. He was dismissed by Admiral Karl Doenitz after Hitler's death. At the war crimes trials at Nuremberg he was convicted as a war criminal and hanged.



Nazi-Soviet pact:
It was a non agression pact between Hitler and Staline signed on the 23th of august 1939.It allowed Germany not to worry about the eastern front while launching war.
It gave the USSR complete control of parts of Poland,the three Baltic states and parts of Roumania.
After the Nazis invasion of Poland on sept 1 , 1939 the USSR
invaded Poland from its share on sept 17.

Answer 3

Joachim von Ribbentrop was the Secretary of State for Nazi Germany. He was hanged for his crimes after the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in 1946.

Here are bios for von Ribbentrop:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_von_Ribbentrop
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERribbentrop.htm
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Ribbentrop.html

Nazi Soviet Pact:
Leftist Perspective: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSnazipact.htm
Text: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pact.htm
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov-Ribbentrop_Pact

The key player on the Russian side was Vyacheslav Molotov, a leading Soviet diplomat and Stalin associate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov

Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.... you've probably heard of.