Hitler and Stalin fought together in World War 2 Explained by Countryballs

hi in World War II Germany and the USSR fought against each other and the Soviet Union emerged Victorious Soviet Union suffered most casualties by any nation in World War II but before the start of World War Soviets and Germany signed a non-aggression treaty and planned how to divide Eastern Europe between them in this video I'm going to explain this non-aggression treaty and how it shaped the beginning of the war in 1938 Germany conquered Austria and in March 1939 Germany conquered Czechoslovakia this worried France and Britain and convinced them that Hitler could not be trusted to honor any agreements to stop aggression it appeared that he was determined to undo the international order set up by the Treaty of versailes the 1919 peace settlement that ended World War I the treaty which mandated Germany to concede to numerous terms terms and pay reparations was deeply unpopular within Hitler's Nazi party additionally it appeared that Hitler was preparing to Target its neighboring Poland next to prevent this UK and France guaranteed security to Poland against any aggression France also stepped up diplomatic ties with Soviets and already had treaties with the country to make sure that Soviets stopped Hitler in case Germany invaded Poland Germany was very well aware of this but Hitler was still adamant on conquering Poland however Germany still wanted to avoid war with USSR because if UK and France also got involved then a two-front war would be disastrous for Germany so Germany looked to improve its relations with USSR and series of diplomatic talks began between the two nations in July talks began to get serious when Germany dropped a hint to Moscow that if Hitler invaded Poland the Soviet Union might be permitted some Polish territory Stalin showed interest in it on August 22nd 1939 German foreign minister yakim Von ribbon trop journeyed from Berlin to Moscow shortly after he found himself in the Kremlin engaging in direct discussions with Stalin and Soviet foreign minister vieslav Molotov who had been collaborating with Von ribbentrop to broker a deal after negotiations the molotov ribbon trop pack officially the Treaty of non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist republics was signed on 23rd August 1939 according to this pact both Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to attack each other maintaining peace between the two Nations The Proposal also stipulated that neither country would Aid any third party that attacked either signatory lastly The Pact included a covert agreement outlining the spheres of influence in Eastern Europe that both parties would acknowledge following Hitler's annexation of Poland under this Arrangement the Soviet Union would gain control over the eastern half of Poland as well as the Baltic states of Lithuania Estonia and lvia it nullified the French Soviet treaty providing reassurance to Hitler's generals and paved the path for Germany's invasion of Poland subsequently in a risky bet assuming that France and Great Britain would not fulfill their obligations to Poland and confident in the lack of threat from the Soviet Army Hitler commanded his troops to launch an invasion of Poland on September 1st 1939 just 2 days later on September 3rd France and Great Britain declared war on Germany marking the commencement of World War II Poland was thrust into a two-front conflict as the Soviet Union launched an invasion from the east on September 17th consequently the Polish government fled the nation on the same day following intense shelling and bombing Warsaw capitulated to the German forces on September 28th 1939 in line with the clan Destin agreement outlined in their non-aggression pact Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland on September 29th 1939 with the demarcation line set along the bug River in less than 2 years following The Pact Hitler renounced his agreement with Stalin and launched operation Barbarosa dispatching around 3 million Nazi soldiers on a fateful mission to invade the Soviet Union on June 22nd 1941 that's it for this video I hope you liked it don't forget to like share and subscribe there will be more informative videos like this in the future so stay tuned