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The '''Molotov-Ribbentrop pact''' (formally the ''Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'', also called the '''Hitler-Stalin pact''', '''Nazi-Soviet pact''' and '''Communazi pact''') was a treaty between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]], in the opening days of [[World War II]]. Some portions of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact remained in force until the [[Collapse of the Soviet Union]] in 1991.

The '''Molotov-Ribbentrop pact''' (formally the ''Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'', also called the '''Hitler-Stalin pact''', '''Nazi-Soviet pact''' and '''Communazi pact''') was a treaty between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]], in the opening days of [[World War II]]. Some portions of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact remained in force until the [[Collapse of the Soviet Union]] in 1991.

While Moscow had been negotiating this treaty with Berlin, the Soviets were fighting a major campaign against [[Hitler]]'s ally Japan. [[Stalin]] feared a two-front war against Germany and Japan. Representing the Soviets was foreign minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], and representing the Nazis was foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]. The treaty was signed on August 23, 1939, three days after the start of the Battle of [[Mongolia#Khalkhin_Gol|Khalkhin-Gol]] between the Soviet Union and Japan. In mid-September, Tokyo signed a non-aggression pact with Moscow. After the Eastern border was secure Stalin then invaded Poland on 17 September, 1939. <ref>Jerrold and Leona Schecter, ''Sacred Secrets:  How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History'', Washington, DC: Brassey’s, 2002, pg. 12.</ref>  

While Moscow had been negotiating this treaty with Berlin, the Soviets were fighting a major campaign against [[Hitler]]'s ally Japan. [[Stalin]] feared a two-front war against Germany and Japan. Representing the Soviets was foreign minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], and representing the Nazis was foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]. The treaty was signed on August 23, 1939, three days after the start of the Battle of [[Mongolia#Khalkhin Gol|Khalkhin-Gol]] between the Soviet Union and Japan. In mid-September, Tokyo signed a non-aggression pact with Moscow. After the Eastern border was secure Stalin then invaded Poland on 17 September 1939.<ref>Jerrold and Leona Schecter, ''Sacred Secrets:  How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History'', Washington, DC: Brassey’s, 2002, pg. 12.</ref>  

The signing of the Communazi Peace Pact marked the end of the [[Popular Front]] era.

The signing of the Communazi Peace Pact marked the end of the [[Popular Front]] era.

==Madrid-Rome-Berlin-Moscow-Tokyo Axis ==

==Madrid-Rome-Berlin-Moscow-Tokyo Axis ==

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The alliance of Japan with the Axis powers was a bombshell to their opponents. Senator [[Nye Committee|Gerald Nye]] declared the Administration "policy has succeeded in driving Japan into the arms of those who were the last ones we wanted her to associate with." Japan claimed it was due to the blundering of the U.S. State Department. "'We knew it all the time' was the refrain of the statement the Secretary of State gave the press, a statement which managed to achieve prolixity though but three sentences long. . . . It is impossible to take these words at their face value without passing a harsh verdict on our diplomats . . . . It is more charitable to assume that Secretary Hull's statement was a bold front on a diplomatic defeat."<ref>[[I.F. Stone]], ''[[The Nation]]'', October 5, 1940, quoted in Porter Sargent, ''Prodding Japan into War'', Bulletin #95, Boston, 1941, [http://americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/Getting_Us_Into_War-Porter_Sargent-1941-640pgs-POL.sml.pdf&id=218&PHPSESSID=03d3557b41f249f71349e6d730cc8498 pg. 539] pdf</ref>

The alliance of Japan with the Axis powers was a bombshell to their opponents. Senator [[Nye Committee|Gerald Nye]] declared the Administration "policy has succeeded in driving Japan into the arms of those who were the last ones we wanted her to associate with." Japan claimed it was due to the blundering of the U.S. State Department. "'We knew it all the time' was the refrain of the statement the Secretary of State gave the press, a statement which managed to achieve prolixity though but three sentences long. . . . It is impossible to take these words at their face value without passing a harsh verdict on our diplomats . . . . It is more charitable to assume that Secretary Hull's statement was a bold front on a diplomatic defeat."<ref>[[I.F. Stone]], ''[[The Nation]]'', October 5, 1940, quoted in Porter Sargent, ''Prodding Japan into War'', Bulletin #95, Boston, 1941, [http://americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/Getting_Us_Into_War-Porter_Sargent-1941-640pgs-POL.sml.pdf&id=218&PHPSESSID=03d3557b41f249f71349e6d730cc8498 pg. 539] pdf</ref>