German- Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (aug 23, 1939 – aug 23, 1939)

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Shortly before World War II started Europe enemies, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union unexpectedly the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, where the two countries settled to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. Hitler wanted a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union so that his soldiers could attack Poland virtually unchallenged by a major power, after which Germany could deal with the armies of France and Britain in the west without having to at the same time fight the Soviet Union on a second front in the east.

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