Giving a Helping Hand?
German Transfer of Aviation Technology to the Soviet Union in 1939-1941
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Giving a Helping Hand?
German Transfer of Aviation Technology to the Soviet Union in 1939-1941
Lennart Andersson
The rapprochement between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union in 1939 and the short-lived alliance between the two is one of the most surprising and unpredicted events in modern history. The trade between the two countries that flourished after the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement of 1939 continued until 22 June 1941. The Germans endeavoured to stick to 'business as usual', right up to the day of the attack, even if the trainloads of deliveries that were being sent over the border would strengthen their future enemy. One reason for this was that each trainload in the opposite direction with precious raw materials would also strengthen Germany's war potential.
The trade was mainly industry products one way and raw materials the other way. The German exports to the Soviet Union included aviation technology and this work describes in detail Soviet visits, plans and orders, and deliveries of aircraft to the Soviet Union in 1939-1941. It is based on research in a number of archives, primarily in Germany, and on some hard-to-find secondary literature about German-Soviet trade relations in 1939-1941.
A table of all aircraft ordered and/or delivered is included and there is an appendix about the Heinkel "He 113" hoax.
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