Come on, let's figure out who started the Second World War, huh?
But now, absolutely serious.
The points.
1) 1938-17-03, the Soviet Union officially announced that it was ready to defend Czechoslovakia from German aggression.
The statement was made to the Ambassador of Czechoslovakia, as well as in Paris and London.
Poor Poland flatly refused to let Soviet troops pass to help Czechoslovakia.
To journalists' questions about how Soviet troops could come to the aid of Czechoslovakia, People's Commissar Litvinov replied, "If there was a desire, then there would be a passage."
2) On April 22, 1938, the French Foreign Ministry informed the Ambassador of Czechoslovakia that in case of an attack by Germany, France would not provide assistance.
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And that Britain's help cannot be counted on either.
3) 1938-26-04. The chairman of the Presidium of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, Kalinin, said that the USSR would come to the aid of Czechoslovakia even if France refused.
4) On 1938-07-05, the ambassadors of France and England meet with the head of the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry Crofta and demand that he accept the "Sudeten ultimatum", warning that otherwise an armed conflict will arise and their countries will not provide assistance to Czechoslovakia.
5) 1938-12-05, the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Litvinov meets with French Foreign Minister Bonnet, demanding the immediate start of Soviet-French consultations on issues of direct assistance to Czechoslovakia in the event of German aggression. Including the issue of coordinating the passage of Soviet troops through Poland and Romania.
6) On May 21, 1938, the Polish ambassador in Paris announced to the US ambassador that if the USSR tried to pass through Poland, Poland would immediately declare war on him and would shoot down Soviet planes.
7) August 1938. The Commander of the Czechoslovak Air Force, General Fyfr, arrives in Moscow. A plan of joint actions of the USSR and Czechoslovakia for the defense of Czechoslovakia has been developed, the Union undertakes to immediately send 700 fighters as soon as airfields covered by Czechoslovak anti-aircraft gunners are ready.
8) 1938-02-09 Litvinov's note to the governments of England and France with an appeal to immediately make a general statement on Czechoslovakia with a guarantee of assistance, to immediately apply to the League of Nations to establish the fact of the threat of German aggression. Immediately convene a meeting of representatives of the General Staffs of the USSR, Great Britain, France and Czechoslovakia to prepare to repel the aggression.
9) 1938-22-09 - Polish ultimatum to Czechoslovakia
10) 1938-29-09 - Munich Agreement.
11) 30.09.1938 - Declaration of Great Britain and Germany on non-aggression.
12) 01.10.1938 Poland occupies Teschen, Germany -Suddens.
13) 1938-16-11 - Peace Pact between England and Italy.
14) 06.12.1938 Franco-German non-aggression pact.
I only have three questions:
Who was Hitler's Germany's ally?
Who unleashed World War II?
What to call those who blatantly lie about the fact that the Soviet Union was an ally of Germany?
All.
Author: Max Buzhansky