HIST 3692 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nazi Germany
1 May 2016
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Nazis focused on conquest in western in southern europe between 1939-1941. Invasion of ussr in 1941, june 22. France was conquered and occupied by nazis in may 1941. 1941- ussr and japan signed a non-aggression pact that lasted until 1945. *first secret of the communist party of the soviet union is nikita s. khrushchev. Made a speech that claimed that stalin did not have a proper attitude toward his comrades. Stalin focused on the individual rather than the collective of the entire nation. Stalin abused his power during various purge trials. General dmitiri pavlov was scapegoated for the soviet union inability to halt the german invasion of the soviet union - to protect stalin. Ussr joined the british and other european allies despite the mistrust it had. The war ended the depression in germany because war was good for economy because unemployed men produced materials for the war.
