26 avr. 1939 - nonaggression pact

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hitler and stalin promised to remain neutral if the other became involved in open hostilities

an attached secret protocol ruthlessly divided poland and east-central europe into german and soviet zones

stalin agreed to the the pact because he remained distrustful of western intentions and hitler offered immediate territorial gain

once hitler defeated poland, the soviet union quickly took its part of the booty (the eastern half of poland and lithuania, estonia, latvia

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