Editing Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (section)

=== Lies about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact ===

==== Lie 1: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was an alliance! ====
This is incorrect. Non-aggression is not an alliance. If this was the case, you would have to count Poland and Germany as being allies throughout 1934-39.

==== Lie 2: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided up Eastern Europe! ====
No, the Pact does not reference any 'invasion' or 'occupation' in the areas designated in the Secret Protocol. This is supported by primary-source evidence.

On September 7th, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, Franz Halder, wrote in his 'War Diary':<ref name=":0">http://www.history.org.ua/LiberUA/5-17-015903-X/5-17-015903-X.pdf</ref><blockquote>"3 Possibilites [the situation may develop]:

*Poland comes to negotiations. He [Hitler] is ready for negotiations.
* Separation from Britain and France
* 'Residual' Poland is recognized.
* Narev [river] to Warsaw - to Poland
* Industrial zone - to us
* Krakow - to Poland
* The Northern Edge of the Beskidow Mountains - to us
* '''Ukraine is independent"'''
</blockquote>So, Hitler considered independence for the Polish part of Ukraine. But, this area was in the SOVIET sphere of influence. Why would Hitler consider this if the Pact's Secret Protocols really referenced invading the specified territories?

On the 9th, Halder noted:<blockquote>"OB Note: b) the independence of Western Ukraine"<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>On the 10th, he noted:<blockquote>"Warlimont: a) A call to the Western Ukraine is imminent"<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>The annotated text of Halder's diaries on the 11th reads:<blockquote>"...namely for the establishment of an independent state from the Polish Ukraine"<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>On the 12th, he noted that the Russians believed that a negotiated settlement would leave a 'residual' Poland in existence.<ref name=":0" />

So, up until at least the 12th, Hitler still considered independence for Polish Ukraine. It also shows that the Soviet Union expected that a treaty would be established between Germany and Poland, that would leave a 'residual' Poland in existence. Furthermore, it is also evidence that the Secret Protocols do not reference the 'invasion' or the 'annexation' of anybody.

Once brought up, many Polish nationalists claim that Hitler broke the alliance anyway 2 years later, so this is evidence that he had the intention to break it when he considered independence for Ukraine. Why would Hitler break the pact just weeks after signing, although the goal of the Pact for Hitler was to avoid a two-front war?

===== What do Spheres of Influence actually mean? =====
Simple. The 'spheres of influence' are just about protecting frontiers from invasions. Article II of the Secret Protocol reads:<blockquote>"In the event of a territorial and political rearrangement of the areas belonging to the Polish state, the spheres of influence of Germany and the U.S.S.R. shall be bounded  approximately by the line of the rivers Narev, Vistula and San. The question of whether the interests of both parties make desirable  the maintenance of an independent Polish States and how such a state should be bounded can only be definitely determined in the course of further political developments. In any event both Governments will resolve this question by means  of a friendly agreement."<ref name=":2">https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1939pact.asp</ref></blockquote>So, as long as an 'independent Polish State' continued to exist, it would be east of the Narev-Vistula-San line and Germany could not send troops over this frontier. This would establish a 'residual' Poland mentioned earlier in Halder's diaries. In this case, if the Polish army were beaten, it could travel beyond the Narev-Vistula-San river line and sue for peace with Germany. That way, Poland would be way more likely to sign a treaty with the Soviet Union (a treaty they were rejecting just weeks before the war).

==== Lie 3: The Soviet Union invaded Poland with Nazi Germany! ====
This statement is gay and retarded.
[[File:Crossing the Polish-Romanian Border.jpg|thumb|A Polish passport which was used to cross the border at modern-day Zalishchyky, Ukraine, into Romania on the 15th of September 1939, just days before the Soviet intervention in the east.]]
In reality, there was NO "Poland", or any Polish governmental entity, that existed by the time the USSR entered into former Poland. Thus, they couldn't invade Poland, much less invade it "with Germany".

This was the position of the Soviet Government. On the 17th, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Potemkin handed a note to Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (polish jibber translator: Gzhibovskiy), stating that the Polish government had collapsed, and treaties thereby ceased to operate.<ref>http://www.msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/research/mlg09/molotov_texts_091739.html</ref>

This is a correct statement. Throughout mid-September, many Polish government officials fled into neighboring Romania, thereby abandoning their government responsibilities. Romania was neutral in the war, and by crossing over to it, these remnants became 'interned'. Recognizing the Polish government in Romania would therefore be a violation of Romanian neutrality and a hostile act toward Hitler. Romania did not want this. The reality of Polish internment became excessively clear throughout the rest of September, and it showed that both the Polish President and Romania both tacitly admitted that Poland was bereft of a state!

This was because Romania realized that the Polish President, Moscicki (polish jibber translator: Moskitskiy) was lying when he claimed he 'legally' resigned on the 30th. So, Romania had to fabricate a story that he resigned on the 15th, just before entering Romania, but Moscicki never made this claim!<ref>https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/research/mlg09/moscicki_resignation.html</ref>

This whole fiasco happened because resignation is an official act. Only a government official can resign. Moscicki was interned, and therefore, not a government official.

Obviously, if the Soviet Union 'jointly' invaded Poland with Germany, we would for sure see evidence of military cooperation and planning before the war even began. But, there is no such evidence.

The plan for the Wehrmacht's Polish campaign was drawn up on April 1939, and was named 'Fall Weiß". The attacks were to come from the West (the main direction), the North (from East Prussia), and the South (from Slovakia). It was planned to defeat the main forces within two weeks.<ref>https://www.doc20vek.ru/node/349</ref>

The Soviet Union is only mentioned twice in this regard. It reads:<blockquote>Вмешательство России, если бы она была на это способна, по всей вероятности, не по¬огло бы Польше, так как это означало бы уничтожение ее большевизмом.

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На Балтийском море задачами ВМС являются:

б) Разведка и принятие мер по прикрытию, по возможности скрытно, на случай выступления советских военно-морских сил со стороны Финского залива.</blockquote>Translated, this reads:<blockquote>Russian intervention, if it had been capable of it, would probably not have helped Poland, for it would have meant its destruction by Bolshevism.

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In the Baltic Sea, the tasks of the Navy are:

b) Reconnaissance and taking cover measures, if possible covertly, in case of a Soviet naval intervention from the Gulf of Finland.</blockquote>This shows that the Germans saw the intervention of the USSR was considered unlikely, as the military leadership of Germany only feared the Baltic Fleet of the USSR. Yet, this was months before the signing of the Pact.

On August 31st, 1939, days after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Germans released the "Directive No. 1 for the Conduct of War". It established adherence to 'Fall Weiß" and set the date for the start of the Polish campaign. However, this directive says nothing about the Soviet Union<ref>https://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/wardir1.asp</ref> - that is, after August 23, 1939, there was no adjustment to the plan for the Nazi invasion of Poland, especially its goals and objectives. 

==== Lie 4: There were joint-victory parades at Brest! This means that it was actually a joint-invasion! ====
No. There was no joint-victory parade anywhere on September 22nd.

The question obviously arises is why did the supposed joint-parade not take place in Warsaw, but some random provincial town? For example, an actual joint parade was hosted in Athens in Greece.<ref>http://photochronograph.ru/2013/05/19/vtoraya-mirovaya-vtorzhenie-v-greciyu/</ref> Another question also arises as to how the actions of the Soviet troops conformed to the formation regulations of the infantry of the Red Army<ref>http://rkka.ru/docs/real/su38/10.htm</ref> in order to be considered a parade (The answer: it wasn't)

No such parade existed; however, it was a 'ceremony of handing over the city' in which the Germans left & the Soviet troops entered Brest. This ceremony was attended by commanders of both armies, Krivoshein and Guderian. All of this was documented in the protocol.<ref>http://img-kiev.fotki.yandex.ru/get/3506/kamen-jahr.1c/0_9480_a78cf645_orig.jpg</ref><ref>http://kievreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/0_947f_1fb6178d_orig.jpg</ref>

==== Lie 5: Moscicki, the Polish president, and Beck, left AFTER the Soviet invasion of Poland. So, the USSR did invade Poland. ====
This is incorrect. It is true, however, that Beck and Moscicki left on September 18th; however, if the government and commanders of the military were fleeing since mid-September, which has already been proven earlier, then the collapse was a ongoing process culminating around the time of the Soviet intervention. 

It was not that the Polish government functionally existed only until Moscicki and Beck stepped foot in Romania.

==== Lie 6: The USSR invaded an innocent Finland in adherence to the Spheres of Influence agreement ====
[[File:Mannerheim-Hitler shake.png|thumb|274x274px|Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Baron Mannerheim, the then-President of Finland and a prominent homosexual]]
The Spheres of Influence was NOT about annexing or invading anybody, as stated previously.

Finland was fascist much before 1939. The "People's Patriotic Movement" (or the IKL Party) had direct ties to German fascists and had been planning an anti-Soviet attack for years.<ref>Silvennoinen, Oula. "‘Home, religion, Fatherland’: movements of the radical right in Finland." ''Fascism'' 4.2 (2015): 134-154.</ref> The IKL also had an outsized influence over government and the police.<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiRi8etjqyEAxUd5ckDHR4fC_4QFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontribee.com%2Ftext-post-attachment%2F5930&usg=AOvVaw1dhcsr7n-tEymsjU2Gxzav&opi=89978449</ref>

Vladimir Stavskiy, a Soviet soldier who was stated at Mainila, testified that:<blockquote>Так шли дни, вплоть до 26 ноября.

Это был обычный наш день на границе. К утру выпал легкий снежок. И воздух был особенно свеж.

В поле, в лесу шли обычные красноармейские занятия. Группа лыжников мчалась по равнине, стремительно спускалась с бугров и косогоров, взлетала на высотки.

И этот мягкий, бодрящий день, и румяные деловые лица красноармейцев, и легкий звон синиц в лесу, — все сливалось в одно светлое и легкое впечатление.

И вдруг оттуда, с угрюмой финской стороны, резко гукнула пушка. Еще и еще.

По воздуху с нарастающим воем пронеслись снаряды. Они разорвались на нашей, советской стороне. И на свежий снег брызнула кровь.

Так же внезапно, как и открыли огонь, замолкли на финской стороне пушки.
Лежали на снегу убитые наши товарищи. На лицах у них как будто навеки застыла печать недоумения.<ref>http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/suomi/1_02.html</ref></blockquote>Translated, this says:<blockquote>So the days went on, until November 26.

It was our usual day at the border. A light snow fell in the morning. And the air was especially fresh.

In the field, in the woods there were usual Red Army activities. A group of skiers raced across the plain, swiftly descended from hillocks and slopes, took off to the heights.

And this soft, invigorating day, and the ruddy, businesslike faces of the Red Army men, and the light ringing of titmice in the forest - everything merged into one light and lung impression.

And suddenly from there, from the sullen Finnish side, a cannon boomed sharply. Another and another.

Shells flew through the air with a growing howl. They exploded on our, Soviet side. And blood spattered on the fresh snow.

Just as suddenly as they opened fire, the guns on the Finnish side fell silent.

Our dead comrades were lying on the snow. On their faces there seemed to be a seal of bewilderment forever.</blockquote>This showed that the Finns had attacked first on the 26th of November. Scholarly sources seem to agree as well.<ref>Spring, Derek W. "The Soviet decision for war against Finland, 30 November 1939." ''Soviet Studies'' 38.2 (1986): 207-226.</ref>