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[[Image:P80 6.jpg|right|thumb|Stalin and Von Ribbentrop at the signing of the non-aggression pact]]

[[Image:P80 6.jpg|thumb|225px|Stalin and Von Ribbentrop at the signing of the non-aggression pact]]

[[File:German-Soviet invasion of Poland.jpg|thumb|225px|A Nazi German and Soviet Communist officer shake hands after their successful invasion of Poland in September 1939.]]

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.

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 ==

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>

With the making of the Hitler-Stalin pact the Soviet Union was at war on the side of Germany.  The [[Chinese Communists]] (CCP) stopped fighting the Japanese in the ongoing [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and resumed [[guerrilla]] operations against the [[Chinese National Government]] (KMT). The CCP devoted their energies to fighting the Chinese government for the portions of eastern China between the railroad lines, held by the Japanese.

With the making of the Hitler-Stalin pact, the Soviet Union was at war on the side of Germany.  The [[Chinese Communists]] (CCP) stopped fighting the Japanese in the ongoing [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and resumed [[guerrilla]] operations against the [[Chinese National Government]] (KMT). The CCP devoted their energies to fighting the Chinese government for the portions of eastern China between the railroad lines, held by the Japanese.

 

==External links==

==External links==

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793315-1,00.html Big Four (1940)], ''[[Time magazine]]'', December 23, 1946.   

*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793315-1,00.html Big Four (1940)], ''[[Time magazine]]'', December 23, 1946.   

[[Category:World War II]]

[[Category:World War II]]