They follow up their nonaggression pact with a trade agreement, making them partners in both war and business. Stalin sends Hitler wheat, cotton, rubber, iron, nickel, tin, platinum, cobalt, and crude oil. In exchange for these strategic raw materials, Hitler sends Stalin artillery and warplanes, including Germany’s brand-new Junkers Ju 88 combat aircraft and Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Bf 110 fighter planes, as well as an assortment of turbines, generators,
