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German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
On August 23, 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union shocked the world by signing a treaty pledging neutrality in the event that either country became involved in a war. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin stands in the background, right, next to Soviet commissar for foreign affairs Vyacheslav Molotov, while German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop signs the treaty.
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Stalin, Joseph; German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact; Poland; World War II; Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich; Ribbentrop, Joachim von
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