Economy of Nazi Germany - Nazi-Soviet Economic Relations, German-Soviet Commercial Agreement, German-Soviet Credit Agreement (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Nazi-Soviet economic relations, German-Soviet Commercial Agreement, German-Soviet Credit Agreement, German-Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement, Forced labour under German rule during World War II, Reichswerke Hermann Goring, Reichsmark, Reichskommissariat, List of German companies by employees in 1938, Reichsarbeitsdienst, Baudienst, Italian military internees, Mefo bills, Riederloh, Reinhardt's fund. Excerpt: After the Nazis rose to power in Germany in 1933, relations between Germany and the Soviet Union began to deteriorate rapidly, and trade between the two countries decreased. Following several years of high tension and rivalry, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union began to improve relations in 1939. In August of that year, the countries expanded their economic relationship by entering into a commercial agreement whereby the Soviet Union sent critical raw materials to Germany in exchange for weapons, military technology and civilian machinery. That deal accompanied the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which contained secret protocols dividing eastern Europe between them, after which both Germany and the Soviet Union invaded countries listed within their "spheres of influence." The countries later further expanded their economic relationship with a larger commercial agreement in February of 1940. Thereafter, Germany received significant amounts of critical raw materials necessary for its future war efforts, such as petroleum, grain, rubber and manganese, while sending weapons, technology and manufacturing machinery to the Soviet Union. After unresolved negotiations regarding a potential Soviet entry into the Axis Pact, the countries settled several disputes and further expanded their economic dealings with the January 1941 German-Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement. Economic relations between the two countries were ab...