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The Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
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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.
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The German invasion of its agreed upon portion of Poland started the Second World War
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Joseph Stalin ordered his own invasion of Poland
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Axis powers was signed by Germany, Japan and Italy
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In an effort to demonstrate peaceful intentions toward Germany,Stalin oversaw the signing of a neutrality pact with the Axis power Japan.
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Stalin oversaw the signing of a neutrality pact with the Axis power Japan
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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