nazi soviet non aggression pact
Stalin signs non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939
Agreed not to fight each other
Agreed to divide Poland
Began to trade raw material for war material
Also called Molotov-Ribbentrop pact
Agreed not to fight each other
Agreed to divide Poland
Began to trade raw material for war material
Also called Molotov-Ribbentrop pact
It had been purely pragmatic principles that had changed Hitler’s mind and had led him to agree to conclude a deal with this ‘international guild of criminals’.
On August 23, 1939, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II; the Soviet Union was awarded land, including parts of Poland and the Baltic States. The pact was broken when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union less than two years later, on June 22, 1941.