[alexander_busek]

In 1914 the German invasion of France failed because the Germans had to fight the Russians at the same time. The Hitler-Stalin Pact made it possible for the Germans in 1940 to defeat France, occupy as much of France as they chose, and also to conquer the Low Countries, Denmark, and Norway, The only country still resisting Hitler was Great Britain and but for the performance of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain, England might have been invaded too.

Why are you telling me things I already knew? What does this have to do with the Molotov-Ribbentropp Pact (aside from the fact that fighting a two-front war is always a recipe for disaster)?

Regards,

[Verginius Rufus]

The Hitler-Stalin Pact is an alternate name for the Rippentrop-Molotov Pact. I replied to you because your post seemed to be the most related to my point—I didn’t mean to imply you didn’t know your history. It was just that the impact of the Rippentrop-Molotov Pact was even worse than the previous posts had pointed out. Hitler foolishly got himself into a two-front war later but in 1939 he might have hesitated to start the war if he had expected a repeat of what happened in 1914. Stalin made it all possible.