Trade with the Aggressor and the Pact Ribbentrop -Molotov. Observations Insipred by Unknown Documents
Handel z najeźdźcą a Pakt Ribbentrop–Mołotow. Spostrzeżenia zainspirowane przez nieznane dokumenty
Author(s): Georgi PopovSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: the pact Ribbentrop–Molotov; the Nazi Germany’s economy; raw materials export in 1930s; USSR external policy; geopolitics during the Second World War
Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the problem of economic consequences of the pact Ribbentrop–Molotov.The discussion about the pact is going on for many years, however it is marred by scarcity ofresearch examining the impact of the pact on the war efforts of the Nazi Germany in 1939–1941, theyears of the utmost success of the Nazi war machine. The present paper relies on newly discovereddocuments revealing the economic relations between Germany and several states, including USSR.It constitutes a comparative study of the trade between Germany and Western democracies on theone hand, and between Germany and USSR on another, in order to better comprehend the role ofthe pact Ribbentrop–Molotov in the growth of the Nazi Germany’s war machine.
Journal: Studia Prawno-Ekonomiczne
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 98
- Page Range: 89-103
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English