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The Soviet Union did not wait for Hitler to break the Treaty of Versailles. Ever since the Treaty of Rapallo (1922) Germany had been allowed to maintain a secret army of 100,000 men in the Soviet Union. These troops were ordered to leave in 1933, which they did. From 1935 till 1939 Communists (along with many others) favoured the formation of 'popular front', anti-Fascist coalitions of the kind that came to power in France and Spain. (Previously, most Communists had directed much of their hostility towards Social Democrats).

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