Talk:Anti-Comintern Pact

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I find it hard to believe that Nationalsit China would join a apct with Japan and manchuko in 1941 when in the midst of war with Japan.--207.156.201.242 11:50, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Hitler did not sign the pact with the USSR because wanted to go to war with Western Europe. The original Nazi plan was to invade the USSR for "breathing room" for the German people. Hitler did not believe England and France would start another war because he invaded Poland.

No, I don't think he did, but he intended to fight Britain & France long before 1939. He wanted to defeat and subject the Western bloc before focussing on the east. Brutannica 06:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Axis

The article on Axis Powers says Vichy France signed the pact also. Why is it not mentioned here?Michael Dorosh 16:22, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:MilHist Assessment

A very nice article, very nicely written. Very accessible to the average reader. The introduction paragraph, and the following sentence mentioning Italy's joining and thus forming the Axis Powers, are very clear and tell us exactly what we need to know about the Pact. It includes quotes from the Pact text itself, which is very nice. But I wonder if there isn't more to be said. LordAmeth 15:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: Attempts To Improve Anglo-German Relations

I recommend removing the label and separating out the elements relating to the anti-comintern pact for a separate section. Elements discussing actual Anglo-German relations should probably be edited or removed.

Perusal of the politics of appeasement with regards to British pre-war foreign policy should make it clear to the reader that Britain was pursuing Hitler's support rather than the reverse. Ribbentrop, Goering, and others did look forward to securing a temporary peace with the British ( Mosely, Leonard "On Borrowed Time How World War II Began" Random House Inc, New York, USA 1969; Manchester, William The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940, Little, Brown and Company, Revised edition (October 28, 1988); Gilbert, Martin Churchill : A Life, Holt Paperbacks (October 15, 1992) ), but it was the policy of Prime Ministers MacDonald and Chamberlain to seduce Germany into a bi-lateral relationship for trade and defense, to the exclusion of the US, France, and Soviet Union. Up until the invasion of Poland, Britain gave in on every demand that Hitler issued no matter the consequences, loss in prestige, relative economic standing, or continental security implications.

Yes German policy in the 1930's was to make nice with the Western powers, but only in a strategic sense to cover their drive to the East before driving West. There was no long term interest in a communal friendship with Britain. Hitler offered no concessions beyond a few delays in his program.

Gryffin13 (talk) 12:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)