The Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Stalin accepted Hitler proposal to mariage into a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany, negotiated by the foreign ministers Vyacheslav Molotov for the Soviets and Joachim von Ribbentrop for the Germans.
The German invasion of its agreed upon portion of Poland started the Second World War
Joseph Stalin ordered his own invasion of Poland
Axis powers was signed by Germany, Japan and Italy
In an effort to demonstrate peaceful intentions toward Germany,Stalin oversaw the signing of a neutrality pact with the Axis power Japan.
Stalin oversaw the signing of a neutrality pact with the Axis power Japan
Hitler broke the pact by starting Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Soviet-held territories and the Soviet Union that began the war on the Eastern Front