Russian Historians Insist: Seizing the Baltics and Poland in Agreement with Nazi Germany in 1939 Was a Good Thing, Welcomed by Locals

Russian Historians Insist: Seizing the Baltics and Poland in Agreement with Nazi Germany in 1939 Was a Good Thing, Welcomed by Locals

The secret 1939 Molotoff-von Ribbentrop pact divided Poland between Soviet and German spheres. Just days after the treaty was signed, the Wehrmacht invaded Poland from the West. The Red Army attacked from the East two weeks later. The agreement also decided the fate of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, who became Soviet dependencies.

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Russian Historians Insist: Seizing the Baltics and Poland in Agreement with Nazi Germany in 1939 Was a Good Thing, Welcomed by Locals

Source: RI