Germany and the Soviet Union (Russia) signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, in effect dividing Poland between them. Russia also advanced into the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).
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They invaded Poland.
Germany wanted to ensure its military was free to invade Poland. The USSR, for its part, annexed the western side of Poland and the Baltic countries.
Germany invaded France and Poland also it invaded Austria. World War 2 started because Germany said to England they wouldn't invade Poland but they did - so Poland is the easiest country to remember that was invaded!
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Germany wanted to ensure its military was free to invade Poland. The USSR, for its part, annexed the western side of Poland and the Baltic countries.
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They invaded Poland.
Germany wanted to ensure its military was free to invade Poland. The USSR, for its part, annexed the western side of Poland and the Baltic countries.
Nothing....they did invade Poland in 1939.