The Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 refers to the military occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the Soviet Union under the provisions of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany and i
Red Army BT-7 tank and ZIS-5 truck in Riga (1940)
Signing of German–Estonian and German-Latvian nonaggression pacts. Sitting from the left: Vilhelms Munters, Latvian MFA; Joachim von Ribbentrop, German MFA; and Karl Selter, Estonian MFA.
Molotov signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
A joint parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest at the end of the invasion of Poland. On the tribune are Major General Heinz Guderian (centre) and Brigadier Semyon Krivoshein (right).
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
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The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, w
Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940
…Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 refers to the military occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the Soviet Union under the provisions of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany and its Secret Additional Protocol signed in August 1939. In 1989, the USSR condemned the 1939 secret protocol between Nazi Germany…
Stalin and Ribbentrop shaking hands after the signing of the pact in the Kremlin
Molotov (left) and Ribbentrop at the signing of the pact
"The Prussian Tribute in Moscow" in the Polish satirical newspaper Mucha of 8 September 1939
The New York Times reported Nazi troop movement on 25 August 1939, soon before the Gleiwitz incident on 31 August 1939, led by Alfred Naujocks (pictured).