EFFORTS WITHOUT SUCCESS: THE PLANS OF NAZI GERMANY IN RESPECT TO XINJIANG IN 1941 – 1943

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the little-investigated issue connected with the development plans for the seizure of the Central Asia region by the leaders of the fascist Germany, in particular, of East Turkestan, better known as the Chinese province of Xinjiang. On the basis of the sources, which are revealed and put into scientific circulation for the first time, the author shows that the strategic errors of the fascist diplomacy turned out to be the reason for the collapse of these plans. The contradictions inside the German block, lack of support from the peoples of Central Asia and the success of the Soviet Army on the Eastern Front eliminated the possibility of practical realization of the plans of the fascist diplomacy.