Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance — The Franco Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance was a bilateral pact between the two countries with the aim of containing German aggression in 1935. It was pursued by Louis Barthou, who was the French Foreign Minister but he was assassinated before … Wikipedia
Soviet Union in World War II — Stalin, U.S.President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference, November 1943 … Wikipedia
Soviet invasion of Poland — This article is about the invasion in 1939. For the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1920, see Polish Soviet War. Soviet invasion of Poland Part of the invasion of Poland in World War II … Wikipedia
Soviet–German relations before 1941 — German and Soviet troops shaking hands following the invasion of Poland. Soviet–German relations date to the aftermath of the First World War. The Treaty of Brest Litovsk,[1] ending World War I hostilities between Russia and Germany, was signed… … Wikipedia
Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact — The Soviet–Polish Non Aggression Pact ( pl. Polsko radziecki pakt o nieagresji, ru. Pakt o nenapadenii mezhdu SSSR i Pol’shey ) was an international treaty of non aggression signed in 1932 by representatives of Poland and the USSR. The pact was… … Wikipedia
Soviet–Finnish Non-Aggression Pact — The Soviet–Finnish Non Aggression Pact was an international treaty of non aggression signed in 1932 by representatives of Finland and the Soviet Union. The pact was unilaterally renounced by the Soviet Union in 1939, after it had committed the… … Wikipedia
Franco-Polish Military Alliance — The term Franco Polish Military Alliance mainly refers to the military alliance between Poland and France that was active between 1921 and 1940. Background Already during the France Habsburg rivalry that started in the 16th century, France tried… … Wikipedia
Franco, Francisco — in full Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde born Dec. 4, 1892, El Ferrol, Spain died Nov. 20, 1975, Madrid Spanish general and head of the government of Spain (1939–75). A career army officer, he was noted as a skillful leader … Universalium
Anti-Comintern Pact — The Anti Comintern Pact was concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other countries) on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the Communist International (Comintern) in general, and the Soviet Union in… … Wikipedia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet … Universalium