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In a summary of Molotov's reply, Schulenburg confirmed that the Germans believed that Poland no longer existed.<ref>https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/ns073.asp</ref> | In a summary of Molotov's reply, Schulenburg confirmed that the Germans believed that Poland no longer existed.<ref>https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/ns073.asp</ref> | ||
Even if the argument could be made that a Polish state still existed at this time, the USSR would have to deal with the fact that Germany no longer recognized such an entity. This meant that the whole Spheres of Influence regarding Poland was void. This also meant that Germany could advance hundreds more kilometers to the Soviet border, and form pro-Nazi puppet states in these areas, as they were attempting to do.<ref>Julius Mader, Hitlers Spionagegenerale sagen aus. Berlin: Vlg. der Nation. 1971, 122; 124.</ref> | Even if the argument could be made that a Polish state still existed at this time, the USSR would have to deal with the fact that Germany no longer recognized such an entity. This meant that the whole Spheres of Influence regarding Poland was void. This also meant that Germany could advance hundreds more kilometers to the Soviet border, and form pro-Nazi puppet states in these areas, as they were attempting to do.<ref>Julius Mader, Hitlers Spionagegenerale sagen aus. Berlin: Vlg. der Nation. 1971, 122; 124.</ref> | ||
In regard to rubber, the Nazis received the majority of their rubber from invasion & blatantly stealing it. Very little rubber was imported in 1940 compared to the amounts stolen.<ref name=":3">https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/download/353/330/</ref> The Nazis also had seized French rubber industries, which in 1940 was the world's fourth largest global producer of rubber.<ref name=":3" /> | In regard to rubber, the Nazis received the majority of their rubber from invasion & blatantly stealing it. Very little rubber was imported in 1940 compared to the amounts stolen.<ref name=":3">https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/download/353/330/</ref> The Nazis also had seized French rubber industries, which in 1940 was the world's fourth largest global producer of rubber.<ref name=":3" /> |