USSR Vyacheslav

The very concept of 'fascism' shortly after the signing of a nonaggression pact called for a time disappeared from the political vocabulary of Stalin and Molotov. In October 1939, at an extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Vyacheslav explicitly stated that "Germany is in the state seeking ... to peace ", is responsible for continuing the war entirely on England and France. A war for "the destruction of Hitlerism" Molotov simply declared 'criminal'. The Soviet people were confused and did not know exactly where and when to expect danger. Soviet foreign policy before World War II at first glance was a chain of victories.

Border states, one after another fell before the Soviet colossus. Then Stalin and Molotov, set out to create a so-called 'eastern front' from the Baltic to the Black Sea - against Nazi aggression. According to them, imminent danger should meet at the borderline, as far from the vital centers of the country. This concept is in a situation late 30s - early 40s was flawed, because the story is not time to let go building new lines and upgrading of border of the Red Army. Nevertheless, in accordance with the secret protocols of the August 23, 1939 to the USSR were annexed large parts of Karelia and Eastern Europe. To clarify intentions of the German government in November 1940, Molotov to Berlin. There he negotiated with the A. Hitler, who then called the 'nasty man'. Hitler invited the Soviet rulers to participate in the colonial section UK.