1939 ⟶ Soviet Union Proposes Alliance Rejected
The Soviet Union proposes a tripartite alliance with the Uni...
Year
1924
1933
1939
1942
🇬🇧🤝🇷🇺 United Kingdom Recognizes Soviet Union
The United Kingdom extends diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union.⟶
UKSoviet UnionDiplomatic RecognitionInternational RelationsForeign PolicyCommunismCold War (foreshadowing)
🇺🇸 US Recognizes Soviet Union
The United States extends diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union.⟶
USUSSRDiplomacyInternational RelationsSoviet UnionRecognitionPoliticsForeign PolicyCold War
🇷🇺 Soviet Union Proposes Alliance Rejected
The Soviet Union proposes a tripartite alliance with the United Kingdom and France. It is rejected.⟶
Soviet UnionUKFranceAllianceDiplomacyPre-War AlliancesEurope1939
🤝 UK and France Guarantee Polish Independence
The United Kingdom and France offer a guarantee of Polish independence.⟶
guaranteePolandUKFrancealliancediplomacypre-wardeterrencepolitical commitmentWorld War II
📜 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
🤝 Anglo-Soviet Treaty Signed
The Anglo-Soviet Treaty: their foreign secretaries agree that no peace will be signed by one without the approval of the other. (An important treaty since Himmler and others will attempt to separate the two nations at the end of the war.)⟶
Anglo-Soviet TreatyAllianceDiplomacyUKSoviet UnionPost-War PlanningHimmler