1942 ⟶ Molotov's Territorial Demands Stall UK Talks
In discussions with Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, Molo...
Year
1940
1942
🇷🇴 Soviet Union Eyes Romanian Bessarabia
The Soviets want new territories. Molotov speaks to the Supreme Soviet, about "an unsettled dispute", the question of Romanian Bessarabia.⟶
Soviet UnionRomaniaBessarabiaTerritorial ClaimsDiplomacyMolotovEastern Europe
🗺️ Soviet Union Demands Territorial Gains
The Soviet Union gives her terms to join the Tripartite Pact including substantial new territorial gains for Russia.⟶
Soviet UnionTripartite PactTerritorial DisputesDiplomacyWorld War IIGermanyEastern Europe
🗣️ Molotov's Territorial Demands Stall UK Talks
In discussions with Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, Molotov continues to press Soviet demands for territorial acquisitions made during the run-up to war, including the Baltic states, Eastern Poland, and Bessarabia. Churchill cannot or will not agree to these demands, and the talks become deadlocked.⟶
MolotovTerritorial DisputesDiplomacyAllied RelationsEastern EuropeChurchillEden
📜 Eden Proposes a Twenty-Year Alliance with the Soviets
At the high-level Soviet/United Kingdom talks in London, Anthony Eden suggests abandoning attempts to reach territorial understandings, and instead conclude a twenty-years' alliance. Molotov, whose diplomatic position is weakening rapidly as the Soviet military situation deteriorates at Kerch and Kharkov, expresses interest.⟶
Anglo-Soviet RelationsAllianceDiplomacySoviet UnionUKEdenMolotov