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Joachim von Ribbentrop remains a pivotal and controversial figure in the history of Nazi Germany. As Foreign Minister from 1938 to 1945, he played a significant role in shaping the nation’s diplomatic landscape during a tumultuous era.
His rivals both within and without the Third Reich had ample reason to be jealous of von Ribbentrop, moreover, because of the number of positions he held in succession and the signal diplomatic success he achieved while in them.
In late 1941, due to American aid to Britain and the increasingly frequent "incidents" in the North Atlantic between U-boats and American warships guarding convoys to Britain, Ribbentrop worked for the failure of the Japanese-American talks in Washington and for Japan to attack the United States. [2]
Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany (1938–1945). He played the key role in negotiating the German-Soviet nonaggression pact that made possible the German invasion of Poland in September 1939.
Sep 1, 1989 · Early on August 22, 1939, the world was startled to learn from an announcement in the Soviet press that German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop would arrive in Moscow on the following day to sign a nonaggression pact.
- Gerhard L. Weinberg
- 1989
Oct 12, 2024 · Joachim von Ribbentrop (born April 30, 1893, Wesel, Ger.—died Oct. 16, 1946, Nürnberg) was a German diplomat, foreign minister under the Nazi regime (1933–45), and chief negotiator of the treaties with which Germany entered World War II.
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Nov 9, 2009 · The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was a non-aggression pact signed in 1939 by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union shortly before World War II. In the pact, the two former enemies agreed to take no...
