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The Pact was signed by their respective Foreign Ministers, Molotov and von Ribbentrop, in Moscow, in the early morning hours of August 22, 1939. This cleared the way for Hitler's invasion of Poland nine days later, which began WWII in Europe. Two weeks after Hitler invaded Poland from the west, Stalin invaded Poland from the east. The two dictators divided Poland between them down the middle, with the Vistula River as the boundary, in accordance with a secret protocol to the Pact of August 22. Poland was extinguished as a nation. There were a number of secret protocols accompanying the Pact, which made Stalin and Hitler partners for the next two years, until Hitler turned on Stalin. One of the great ironies of history is that the only person on the planet Stalin trusted was Adolph Hitler.

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