SECRET DIPLOMACY AS ACCOMPANYING TOOL OF THE GERMANY’S MILITARY AND POLITICAL PLANS REALIZATION IN THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR TWO

Abstract

Secret diplomacy has played a significant role in Germany’s preparation to the Second World War. The Treaty of Versailles put serious restrictions not only on the number of military forces, but it also has changed the borders of Germany. So after Adolf Hitler become a chancellor of Germany in 1933, he has started the preparation of Germany to the beginning of a new war, covering it with secret diplomacy. Great Britain and France preferred to negotiate with Hitler because they considered Germany as an important border, protecting the Europe from communism. That’s why it was not hard for Germany to reclaim its territories, starting from Saarland in 1935 and finishing with Sudetland in 1938. A great role in restoring military forces of Germany has played the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 18 June 1935 allowed German navy tonnage to increase to 35 % of that of the British navy. But the main problem remained on the East. Hitler didn’t want USSR to interfere in the future war. So, in the late hours of 23 August 1939 The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed. The Pact ensured a non-involvement of the Soviet Union in a European War. Key words : Secret diplomacy; the Third Reich; USSR; World War II; England; France; Adolf Hitler; Poland.