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On 17 September, the Red Army invaded Poland, violating the 1932 Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact, and occupied the Polish territory assigned to it by the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
Nov 9, 2009 · The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was a non-aggression pact signed in 1939 by former enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union shortly before World War II broke out.
May 31, 2024 · On May 3, 1939, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin fired Foreign Minister Maksim Litvinov, who was Jewish and an advocate of collective security, and replaced him with Vyacheslav Molotov, who soon began negotiations with the Nazi foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop.
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Sep 7, 2023 · The German-Soviet Pact was an agreement signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on August 23, 1939. German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov negotiated it.
Aug 22, 2014 · Officially called the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact but also known as the Hitler-Stalin Pact, the nonaggression agreement was simple and straightforward.
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Nazi Germany terminated the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with its invasion of the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941. Hitler issued a proclamation at 5:30 am dissolving the non-aggression Pact.
Left to right, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi lawyer Friedrich Gaus, Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov pose for photographers as they prepare to sign the infamous Nazi-Soviet onaggression Pact of 1939.
