Ribbentrop meets stalin biography

negotiations for Soviet entry as a fourth Axis power in WWII

German–Soviet Axis talks occurred in October and November , nominally concerning the Soviet Union's potential adherent as a fourth Axis power during World War II among other potential agreements.

The negotiations, which occurred during the era of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, included a two-day conference in Berlin between Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.

While Ribbentrop and most of the German Foreign office wanted an alliance with the Soviet Union, Hitler (supported by most of the other leadership) had been planning to invade the Soviet Union. In early June as the Battle of France was still ongoing, Hitler reportedly told Lt.

General Georg von Sodenstern that the victories against the Allies had “finally freed his hands for his important real task: the showdown with Bolshevism."^[1] Ribbentrop nevertheles