nazi-soviet non-agression pact
-Stalin signs non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939
-Agreed not to fight eachother
-Agreed to divid Poland
-Began to trade raw materials for war material
-also called Molotov- Ribbentrop pact
-Agreed not to fight eachother
-Agreed to divid Poland
-Began to trade raw materials for war material
-also called Molotov- Ribbentrop pact
summary
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.