Under the Shadow of Stalin and Hitler (World War II and the Fate of the European Nations, 1939-1941)

The book deals with practically all the European countries during the provisional alliance between Stalin and Hitler from the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to the preemptive assault of National Socialist Germany on Communist Russia on June 22, 1941. Events and developments are examined in a strictly chronological order, in order to demonstrate the links and influences between them. The author tries to give an answer to such questions as who bore the main responsibility for the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe, who was more aggressive: Stalin or Hitler, what brought the Soviet-Nazi alliance to an end. Special attention is paid to the annihilation of many European countries chiefly by Hitler and Stalin, to the impact of totalitarian aggression on the every day life of most Europeans, to the extermination practices of Russian Communism and German National Socialism, as well as to the fundamental identity of the two ideologies and political regimes to each other

The Soviet-Nazi Alliance (World War II and the fate ot the European nations, 1939-1941) (a preview)

ABSTRACT: The monograph deals with the fate of the European countries and nations during the alliance between Stalin and Hitler in the initial stage of World War II in Europe from September 1, 1939, to June 22, 1941. РЕЗЮМЕ: Монографията разглежда съдбата на европейските страни и народи по време на съюза между Сталин и Хитлер в началния период на Втората световна война в Европа от 1 септември 1939 до 22 юни 1941 г