German–Soviet Axis talks (Central Victory)

Background
The Soviet Union was left vulnerable in the period following the end of World War I. The Soviet Union had left the war before its end in 1917, due to the Bolshevik revolution and ceded many of its Western territories to Germany in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk; after Germany′s victory on the Western Front, this territory was transformed into a number of new, sattelite states. The Soviets were left diplomatically isolated as their transition to communist rule had led to the loss of western allies. At the Tenth Party Conference in 1921, the Soviets settled on a policy of pursuing opportunities for trade with the Western powers, which could supply badly needed industrial materials. On May 2, 1935 France and the Soviet Union signed the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance and the Anglo-Soviet Agreement with the United Kingdom on August 1, 1939. Soviet-German 1939 agreements and past hostilities