Soviet supplies for Nazi Germany and the last Soviet attempt to join the Axis

[Domen]

We can say that German tanks overran France, Greece, Yugoslavia, etc. propelled by Soviet oil.

As above:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German–Soviet_Border_and_Commercial_Agreement#Hitler_breaks_the_Pact

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi–Soviet_economic_relations_(1934–1941)

What do you think about the importance of Soviet supplies to Nazi Germany?

And also this is interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German...reement#Last_Soviet_attempts_to_join_the_Axis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German–Soviet_Axis_talks

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most claim that it (the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) was an agreement to partition Poland between Germany and the USSR, which is false.

It is "false" because M-R Pact was an agreement to partition not just Poland, but entire Eastern Europe between Germany and the USSR.

As above (PS: Germans exchanged Lithuania for a bigger portion of Poland in another German-Soviet agreement, on 28 September 1939):

 

[PhroX]

Um...yeah? Isn't this pretty much common knowledge?

 

[Wastl]

Well, the part about being propelled by Soviet oil isn't entirely correct, Germany's main source for oil was obviously Romania, even synthesized oil played a bigger role in 1940 than imports from the Soviet Union, but yes, the rest is very much common knowledge.

 

[Domen]

Invading your own main source of supplies is rather stupid. Well, unless you expect a very fast victory.

 

[BenitoChavez]

Germany did expect a very fast victory. Of course they greatly underestimated the Soviet's ability to mobilize an army, so a campaign that was supposed to last weeks turned into months. Then winter came.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Nazism is illogical. Who knew?

 

[dutchfire]

The Soviets were to receive a naval cruiser, the plans to the battleship Bismarck, heavy naval guns, other naval gear and thirty of Germany's latest warplanes, including the Me-109 and Me-110 fighters and Ju-88 bomber.[195] The Soviets would also receive oil and electric equipment, locomotives, turbines, generators, diesel engines, ships, machine tools and samples of Germany artillery, tanks, explosives, chemical-warfare equipment and other items.[195]

Does anyone know how important these German contributions to the USSR were?

 

[Tahuti]

Invading your own main source of supplies is rather stupid. Well, unless you expect a very fast victory.

Germany did expect a very fast victory. Of course they greatly underestimated the Soviet's ability to mobilize an army, so a campaign that was supposed to last weeks turned into months. Then winter came.

Uncle Adolph had an ideological fixation on the USSR, it had to be destroyed for its lebensraum. There were however Pro-Soviet Nazis like Goebbels and Bormann: Had they gained power in 1940, WWII might have been ongoing to this day for all we know.

If there is anything any European country should know, is that Russia ought to be seen as your neighbour and your bro. Always. Unless you're Poland of course. We are however fortunate Adolf Hitler did not knew this.

 

[red_elk]

Does anyone know how important these German contributions to the USSR were?

From what I read, some things had crucial importance, e.g. machinery and technology necessary for production of T-34.

 

[ubergeneral]

I sort of think that Stalin would have backstabbed Hitler anyways. Those two nations were going to war no matter what.