occupy eastern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and parts of Finland. The agreement, known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, effectively divided Eastern Europe between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, and it allowed the USSR to expand its influence and territorial control.
Just before Germany invaded Poland, Germany and Russia signed a non-agression pact which included a secret portion in which they agreed that after the German invasion, Russia could occupy those parts of Poland Germany did not sieze.
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In 1922, the signing of the 'Treaty of Rapallo' in the Italian town of Rapallo ,as a result allowed for the normalizing of diplomatic relations ,including the soviet Union allowed Germany to use their facilities and territory to develop military hardware and train pilots from the German's so-called 'amatuer air gliding club's'.This allowed Germany to be well equiped and trained long before other country's understood what was happening .One mintue no air force ,next minute well trainned and equiped air force,just like magic ,under the very noses of the rest of the world.That help from Russia ,came back to haunt Russia later,when the German's used that hardware and trainned against them.
Germany's secret police were the "SS". 2nd world war Germany's secret police was " Gestapo " you can pronounce like gastapo.
The extermination camps were top secret.
Invade and occupy a part of Poland .
In response to fascist aggression in the 1930s, Great Britain and France followed a policy of
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In late August of 1939, Germany and the USSR signed their German-Soviet Non-aggression Pact. The public treaty had a secret clause. It allowed the Soviets to take control of the eastern half of Poland if Germany attacked Poland. This agreement insured for both Stalin and Hitler, they would not be adversariesIt allowed Hitler to use as many troops he believed was needed for the fast invasion and conquest of Poland.
The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was signed in August of 1939. It was a "peace agreement between the two dictatorships. As part of the "deal" which was secret, it called for or allowed the USSR to take over the eastern half of Poland when Germany attacked the western half. A few days after September 1, 1939, France and Britain declared war on Germany and Italy. And the USSR made an assault on Finland.
Just before Germany invaded Poland, Germany and Russia signed a non-agression pact which included a secret portion in which they agreed that after the German invasion, Russia could occupy those parts of Poland Germany did not sieze.
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Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union (USSR). The secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939), among others, allowed Germany and the USSR to divide Poland between them. However, on June 22, 1941, Hitler broke the treaty and invaded the USSR.
Yes, they did initially side with Germany. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact was an agreement between the two countries that pledged neutrality in the event of either party being attacked and war breaking out. There was also the secret agreement of splitting Poland after Hitler's invasion of the country. The Soviet Union and Hitler's Germany were allies until Hitler invaded Stalin's U.S.S.R. on June 22nd, 1941. This was known as Operation Barbarossa.
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There was no agreement which allowed the German Nazis to invade Poland. There was a secret agreement with Russian for both countries to attack Poland. The Versailles Treaty forbid Germany from committing any acts of aggression. Their attack violated the treaty and this upset the Brits and the French. They declared war on the Germans following the violation of the Treaty.