Vyacheslav Molotov Quote

Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in many aspects, and thus has become, as clearly can be seen, a dangerous rival to principal imperialistic powers in Europe — England and France. That is why they declared war on Germany on a pretext of fulfilling the obligations given to Poland. It is now clearer than ever, how remote the real aims of the cabinets in these countries were from the interests of defending the now disintegrated Poland or Czechoslovakia.


Molotov's report on (29 March 1940), after the Polish defeat, as quoted in the weekly Soviet newspaper Moscow News, published by Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga (1 April 1940)


Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in...

Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in...

Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in...

Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in...