How far was the Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939) responsible for causing war in europe??

Answer 1

It probably wasn't.

It may've had a bearing on Hitler's decision to attack Poland - and its timing, but I don't think it would've been a major factor - unless the russians had formed an agreement with Britain & france - which these two powers were seeking at the time the non-agression pact was signed.

Because of the pact, the Germans felt that their rear was secure when attacking into Holland, Belgium & France.

In fact, their rear was secure only because Stalin wouldn't be ready to attack until 1942 - otherwise he wouldn't have paid any more attention to the pact than Hitler did in '41.

Answer 2

The pact was the direct cause of the war.Without the pact, Germany would not have invaded Poland. Germany had already reoccupied the Rhineland then occupied Czechoslovakia , both moves proved to him that Western Europe did not have the stomach for another war. But in order to continue his quest to rebuild Germany to its pre-WW1 borders, which was going into western Poland, he was going to have to secure a friendship with USSR. So the Nazi Soviet nonaggression pact allowed Germany to invade Poland without any worry that Russia would see it as any threat. In return the USSR was given eastern Poland and Germany promised to stay out of USSR's invasion of Finland.
Where it went wrong is that England and France did object and declare war on Germany after they invaded Poland. Although it was called the phony war, because England and France never actually came to the help of Poland. At that point Hitler had his justification to expand into Greece and then march into Belgium and France, all the time knowing it was going to be a one front war on his terms. It was not until Hitler got greedy and broke the pact by attacked Russia that Germany started facing any serious setbacks.

Answer 3

It did embolden Hitler to attack Poland in defiance of British threats and guarantees of Polish sovereignty; however,since Britain and France did not declare war on the U.S.S.R. nor it on them - odd,given the motive for declaring war on Germany - the short-lived pact actually played little role in the beginning of the war,which does not actually begin with the declaration - which was followed by the Phoney War - but by the invasion of Belgium and France. Until then,the option existed of a negotiated settlement. Hitler's invasion of the west created the real war - and Russia played no role in that.

Answer 4

actually USSR was a big country and have vast resources as comparing to Germany so Hitler don't want to start the war at all fronts in the beginning this pact Hitler had made his boundary secure on one front so he can concentrate on one front so he got success after success on that front and he almost capture all of the Europe and when he attack USSR there was only Britain who was fighting with Hitler and they were also not in a good position so this pact made a great impact on world war 2

Answer 5

none at all the spainish civil war was what decided hitlers timetable for invading poland oh and may i add due to the previous comment THE WAR IN THE WEST WAS NO REAL WAR THE REAL WAR WAS IN RUSSIA 1941 TO 1945 it accounted for over 30,000,000 more lifes

Answer 6

Not at all