1928: ‘Third Period’ launched; doctrine of Social Fascism
1929: USSR signs Kellog-Briand Pact
Sept 1934: USSR joins league of Nations
May 1935: Pacts with France and Czechoslovakia
August 1935: Comintern supports Popular Fronts
1936 – 1939: Spanish Civil War
Nov 1936: Anti-Comintern pact of Germany & Japan (Italy signs 1937)
Sep 1938: Munich Conference (USSR excluded)
April 1939: Litvinov proposes triple Military alliance – Britain, France and USSR
May 1939: Litvinov dismissed; Molotov becomes Foreign Commissar
August 1939: Nazi-Soviet Pact concluded
June 1941: Germany invades USSR
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