2) Documents C, D, F supports Document B in several ways. Since France and Britain had told the Soviets if they would be accepted into Polish territory and beyond. The Soviets wanted Poland so they could have influence on them. Document C refers to B by stating that the Germans and Russians signed the pact so they could harass Poland since in Document B the commissioner of the Soviets wanted to go into Poland. In Document D Stalin quickly went to make a deal with Germany since the allies made no effort to make an alliance with Russia. In Document B the commissioner of Defense tells France and Britain they are waiting for an answer to move in to Poland if the Germans attacked but France and Britain make no effort to secure an alliance and the Soviets made a treaty with the Germans and harassed Poland.
3) Document C is true in the sense that Stalin did make a pact with Hitler. However, its reliability is questionable because it is clearly one mans opinion. He clearly does not think highly of Hitler and Stalin and thus I think he is Bias.
Document D is also an opinion however it is less bias. It critisizes British French and Russian policies before World War 2. Therefore it can be viewed as reliable.
Document F is obviously one sided and was probably made by someone anti Russian and German. But in a sense it is reliable because it points out the how the two powers oppressed Poland.
4) Document B and E are quiet different. Document B is ambiguous and Document E they should allied with Russia. Document B from the Russian perspective is criticizing French and British motives. With Document E it represents the French and British perspective. It says “They were suspicious of the communist leader’s motives; they believed the efficiency of the Red Army had been gravely damaged….” (Doc E)
In comparison Document B the Soviet commissioner states that his country wants to know a couple of questions before taking action against the (“I want a clear answer to my very clear questions concerning the joint action of the armed forces of Britain and France and the Soviet Union against the common enemy”Doc B) German aggression, since the answers never really come in Document E it illustrates how they switch sides in response of the unwilling allies. Also both Documents shared three important traits between them which were confusion, tension, and mistrust of each other power and objective.
5) Since the allies made no effort to make an alliance with the Soviets, the Soviets were left in the dark and Hitler decided then to make an alliance so that Russia would not intervene. Since he knew the Red Army was weak he made the alliance, because certainly the Soviets would agree to such a deal.
On 23rd August 1939 Nazi Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and newly appointed Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Molotov, signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact the two countries which until that time had been bitter enemies, agreed not to attack each other. The signing of the pact meant that if Germany attacked Poland, then the Soviet Union would not come to its aid. Thus, if Germany went to war against the West (especially France and Great Britain) over Poland, the Soviets were guaranteeing that they would not enter the war; so basically not to open a second front for Germany.
. For the Soviets for agreeing to not join the possible future war, Germany was giving the Soviets the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). Poland was also to be divided between the two the new territories gave the Soviets a buffer land.