What do we know about Hitler/OKW’s plans concerning USSR if Molotov/Ribbentropp Pact hadn’t happened?

What is Hitler’s plan for Russia?

Adolf Hitler’s Lebensraum policy, expressed in Mein Kampf, was to dispossess the Russian inhabitants – as was to happen with other Slavs in Poland and most of Eastern Europe- and to either expel most of them beyond the Ural mountains or to exterminate them by various means.

Why did Germany break the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?

The pact was terminated on 22 June 1941, when Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union, in pursuit of the ideological goal of Lebensraum. The Anglo-Soviet Agreement replaced it. After the war, Ribbentrop was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials and executed.

What were Hitler’s intentions for the Soviet Union?

Hitler had always wanted to see Germany expand eastwards to gain Lebensraum or ‘living space’ for its people. After the fall of France Hitler ordered plans to be drawn up for an invasion of the Soviet Union. He intended to destroy what he saw as Stalin’s ‘Jewish Bolshevist’ regime and establish Nazi hegemony.

What was the purpose of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact quizlet?

Purpose of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact? In the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Soviet and German leaders committed themselves to peaceful relations. Then, in WWII, the Nazis broke the pact by invading the Soviet Union in June 1941.

What was Germany’s goal in Russia?

Their ultimate goal was to create more Lebensraum (living space) for Germany, and the eventual extermination of the indigenous Slavic peoples by mass deportation to Siberia, Germanisation, enslavement, and genocide. Clockwise from top left: German soldiers advance through northern Russia.

Has Russia ever lost a war?

Russia has been defeated in war on several occasions in the modern era.

Why the agreement between Germany and the USSR was so important?

The German-Soviet Pact was signed in August 1939. It paved the way for the joint invasion and occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that September. The pact was an agreement of convenience between the two bitter ideological enemies.

What were Hitler’s plans for Ukraine?

German intentions
The regime was planning to encourage the settlement of German and other “Germanic” farmers in the region after the war, along with the empowerment of some ethnic Germans in the territory.

Why did Germany betray Russia in ww2?

Then, in the early summer of 1941, Hitler betrayed Stalin by invading Russia, forcing the Soviet Union to change sides and ally itself with Britain and, later, America. Why did Hitler do it? Because conquering Slavic Europe had been central to his racist program all along.



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