I'm reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (one month in, 35% complete, LOL) and I'm up to August 1939, the month before Hitler invades Poland. During this time there were competing negotiations simultaneously going on between Russia and Germany along with France/England and Russia. Russia was basically "shopping" for a treaty. Germany wanted a non-aggression pact guaranteeing that Russia would not intervene when they invaded Poland. Germany knew it could not quickly defeat Poland if...
July-August 1939: What were the French and Brits Offering Russia?
July-August 1939: What were the French and Brits Offering Russia?