It is no secretthat Hitler hated Stalin and Communism . However , the political cartoon , published in 1939 in Japan , shows their firing weapons turning into a handshake . Why ?

Hitler signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin in 1939

Explanation:

Hitler was no fan of the Soviet Union and actually coveted their land. In 1939 however, he signed a pact with Stalin that they would not fight each other.

There were several reasons for this including:

He didn't want the Soviet Union to attack him as he invaded Poland so that he could complete the invasion of Poland without a hitch.He didn't want the Soviet Union to attack him when he attacked France and Britain because he figured that a war on two fronts would be the end of Germany. He wanted to fool Stalin into relaxing Soviet defenses so that when he was ready to attack the Soviets, they would be defeated with ease.