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The 1939 non-aggression pact that secretly carved up Eastern Europe into 'spheres of influence' was signed between Germany and which other power?
Answer
The Soviet Union
The pact, named for foreign ministers Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop, was a nonaggression agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that included a secret protocol dividing Poland, the Baltic states, and other territories between the two powers.
💡 Did you know?
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939) included a secret protocol dividing Eastern Europe between Hitler and Stalin—kept hidden from the world until 1989.
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- Poland
- Italy
- Finland
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- 1930s
- world-war-ii
- diplomacy
- soviet-union
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