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Source D is a secret agreement between Germany and the USSR dated September 28, 1939 that divided Poland between the two countries after its collapse. It assigned territories of Poland to German and Soviet spheres of influence. Source E is a radio speech by Stalin on July 3, 1941 where he addresses the German invasion of the USSR, calling it a treacherous attack. Stalin rallies the Soviet people to total war and defends every inch of Soviet soil, while also threatening to suppress dissent. Both sources provide value for historians but also have limitations - Source D fails to explain Poland's collapse, while Source E aims to maintain Stalin's control without acknowledging his role in the Nazi-Soviet pact.

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Source D is a secret agreement between Germany and the USSR dated September 28, 1939 that divided Poland between the two countries after its collapse. It assigned territories of Poland to German and Soviet spheres of influence. Source E is a radio speech by Stalin on July 3, 1941 where he addresses the German invasion of the USSR, calling it a treacherous attack. Stalin rallies the Soviet people to total war and defends every inch of Soviet soil, while also threatening to suppress dissent. Both sources provide value for historians but also have limitations - Source D fails to explain Poland's collapse, while Source E aims to maintain Stalin's control without acknowledging his role in the Nazi-Soviet pact.

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SOURCED:PactdividingPolandbetweenGermanyandUSSR,28thSeptember,1939.

TheGovernmentoftheGermanReichandtheGovernmentoftheUSSRconsideritasexclusivelytheir
task,afterthecollapseoftheformerPolishState,toreestablishpeaceandorderintheseterritories.Tothis
endtheyhaveagreeduponthefollowing:TheGovernmentoftheGermanReichandtheGovernmentof
theUSSRshalldeterminetheboundaryoftheirrespectiveinterestsintheterritoryoftheformerPolish
state.TheterritoryofLithuaniafallsintheUSSRsphere,whiletheprovinceofLublinandpartofWarsaw
fallintheGermansphere.BothpartieswilltolerateintheirterritoriesnoPolishagitationwhichaffectsthe
territoryoftheotherparty.Theywillsuppressintheirterritoriesallsuchagitationandinformeachother
aboutsuitablemeasures.

SOURCEE:Stalinsspeechontheradio,3July1941,reactingtotheGermaninvasionoftheUSSR.

Comrades,citizens,brothersandsisters,menofourarmyandnavy!ItistoyouIamspeakingdearfriends!
ThetreacherousmilitaryattackbyHitleriteGermanyonourMotherland,begunon22June,iscontinuing.
InspiteoftheheroicresistanceoftheRedArmy,andalthoughtheenemysfinestdivisionsandfinestair
forceunitshavealreadybeensmashedandhavefoundtheirgravesonthefieldofbattle,theenemy
continuestopushforward,hurlingfreshforcestothefront[]Gravedangeroverhangsourcountry.The
RedArmy,RedNavyandallcitizensoftheSovietUnionmustdefendeveryinchofSovietsoil,mustfight
tothelastdropofbloodforourtownsandvillages.Allourindustriesmustbegottoworkwithgreater
intensitytoproducemorerifles,machineguns,shells,planes.Wemustguardfactories,powerstationsand
telegraphiccommunications,andarrangeairraidprotection.Wemustwagearuthlessfightagainst
deserters,panicmongers,rumormongers[thosespreadingpanicandrumor];wemustkillspies,sabotage
agentsandenemyparachutists.Inareasoccupiedbytheenemy,partisan[resistance]unitsmustbeformed.
Theenemymustbehoundedanddestroyedateverystep,andalltheirmeasuresfrustrated.

Withreferencetotheiroriginandpurpose,assessthevalueandlimitationsofSourceDandSourceE
forhistoriansstudyingStalinsforeignpolicyinrelationtoGermany.

SourceDisanexcerptfromasecretagreementbetweenGermanyandtheSovietUnionwrittenSeptember
28,1939.ThepurposeofthisagreementistodefinehowPolandwillbedividedterritoriallybetweenthe
twocountriesafterithascollapsedineffortstoreestablishpeace.AttheendofWorldWarI,both
GermanyandtheSovietUnionlostterritorytothenewlycreatedPolishstate.Thissourceisvaluable
becauseitisasecretprotocoladdedtotheNaziSovietNonAggressionPact,statingPolandwouldbe
dividedbasedonwhatbelongedtoeachcountrypreviously.LithuaniawouldgototheUSSRandLublin
andpartofWarsawwouldgotoGermany.TheprotocolincludesmeasuretorepressPolishagitationwhile
bothcountriesagreedtokeeptheotherinformedofanysuchresistanceconcerns.Despitethevalue,the
documentalsohaslimitations.ThedocumentfailstoaddressthatthecollapseofPolandwasduetothe
simultaneousinvasionfromGermanytothewestandtheUSSRtotheeast.Therenoinformationprovided
whythesecretprotocoladdendumwasreleasedandbywhom.

SourceEisaspeechgivenbyStalinonJuly3,1941andbroadcastovertheradio.Thepurposeofthe
speechisforStalintoaddresstheGermaninvasionoftheSovietUnionandhowtheSovietpeoplemust
respond.Stalinisdescribestheinvasionastreachery.HedescribestheheroiceffortsoftheSoviet
militaryforcesandthedestructionofGermanforces.Stalinsspeechisacalltoarmsthatevery
person,industry,utilityisneededtoprotecttheSovietState.Heisdescribingtotalwar.Desertion,spying,
anddissentionwillnotbetolerated.ThissourceisvaluabletoahistorianstudyingStalinsforeignpolicy
inrelationtoGermany,becausetheGermanyinvasionwasinviolationoftheNaziSovietNonAggression
Pactsignedin1939.StalinsfeelingsofbetrayalbyGermanyareevidentinhisstronglanguageand
callingtheSovietcitizensdearfriends.Thissourcealsohasitslimitations.Whilethespeechismeantto
rallytheSovietpeople,itisalsoaneffortforStalintomaintaincontrolandmobilizethepeople.Stalin
doesnotrefertotheNaziSovietNonAggressionPactbeingviolated,butjustdescribestheinvasionin
effortstodeflecthisresponsibility.ItisprobablethatStalindoesnotgiveaccurateinformationaboutthe
destructionofGermanyforcesbytheSoviets.TheevidencegivenbyStalindoesnotaddresswhy
conditionsintheSovietUnionallowedtheinvasiontotakeplace.

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