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between the Soviet Union, Italy, and Germany in the 1930s.
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At dawn on September 1st 1939 a massive German army rolled across the 1,250 miles of the Polish border.
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A secret document attached to the pact divided up the independent states of eastern Europe between Germany and the Soviet Union. One week later, on September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland. On September 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany