British Policy and Strategy in the Middle East in 1941: Three Wars ‘East of Suez’ by A. M. Fomin

“…After the defeat of France in the summer of 1940, Great Britain was left face to face with the Nazi Germany. It managed to endure the first act of the ‘Battle of Britain’, but could not wage a full-scale war on the continent. …”
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The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NKID) of the USSR in the City of Kuibyshev (1941-1943) by S. I. Chernyavsky

“…Although this period was quite short, and though key decisions were, of course, made in Moscow, intense rough work was being carried out in the “reserve capital”, which ensured the solution of the tasks set by the country's leadership to the NKID apparatus.The aggression of Nazi Germany found the Soviet Union poorly prepared not only militarily, but also diplomatically. …”
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The report of Chief of the General Staff of USSR marshal Alexander Jegorov about his visit in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on 15th-26th of February, 1937 by Zenonas Butkus, Magnus llmjarv

“…Hitler, however, rejected the hand of Moscow that was making a reach, assuming that it was no more than a manoeuvre of the Soviets and that their approximation with Germany was only aimed at exercising a certain pressure on France to make it more willing to form a real military alliance, which could also be acceded by England. In this way, Nazi Germany might have been enclosed. The visit aimed at ascertaining what the influence of Germany in the Baltic States was and at the same time to show that the Soviets had a stronger position in the given states, which could even be further consolidated or even a military alliance with them was feasible. …”
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