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The Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War, was called by Ferdinand Foch back in 1919 a «truce for twenty years». Because that is how short-lived the memory of the world community turned out to be. Twenty years later, Europe found itself in the midst of a new confrontation. Hitler and Stalin began a bloody division of foreign territories. Western democracies were driven to a standstill, and within a year the continent was divided between two dictatorships - the Nazi and Bolshevik. And a year later, the two dictators faced off in a deadly battle. Europe found itself caught between a rock and a hard place…

The publication contains an analysis of the events, processes, and personalities that led to the tragedy of the Second World War; information about its course during the first two years until the moment when the European conflict escalated into a global confrontation; facts and evidence of the crucial and significant events of the Second World War. The aggression of the USSR against neighbouring countries is placed in the general context of the war and world politics. In addition, the author shows the prerequisites and reasons that prompted Hitler to start a war against his recent ally.