Nazi Soviet Agreement was an Easily Maintainable Deal for Germany

One needs to consider what exactly happened between 1939 and 1941, namely the Soviet invasion of Bessarabia in 1940. M-R pact placed Romania clearly into the German sphere. The 1940 Soviet invasion of Bessarabia not only violated the letter of the pact,...

Heck no. You have not read the pact's secret protocol, clause 3.

Hinsichtlich Südosteuropas bekundete die Sowjetunion ihr Interesse an Bessarabien, während die deutsche Seite „das völlige politische Desinteresse an diesen Gebieten“ erklärte.
 
there is a useful graph on the Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi–Soviet_economic_relations_(1934–41)#Nazi_era_and_relations_deterioration showing the trade increase with Poland, Finland, and the Baltics.

think it was the loss of their little trading bloc, leaving them solely dependent on the USSR, coupled with Soviet moves on Romania while they were unable to easily respond, left them in an intolerable or unmaintainable position.

my speculation is always they could have struck a deal for ships, that would have been the most foolish thing for Soviets to do but it appears Stalin was convinced to build a battleship fleet.

meaning just limit the ships the KM has to Admiral Hipper-class and smaller, just against their historical building they might have delivered 3 - 4 large BBs, worth how many millions of tonnes of oil and grain?

might even have the additional benefit of keeping Italy neutral if it seemed Soviet BBs soon to enter the Med?
 
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