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The German-Soviet Pact, also known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact after the two foreign ministers who negotiated the agreement, had two parts. An economic agreement, signed on August 19, 1939, provided that Germany would exchange manufactured goods for Soviet raw materials. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union also signed a ten-year nonaggression pact on August 23, 1939, in which each signatory promised not to attack the other.
- Stalin signs non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939.
- The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention.
- Agreed not to fight each other and to divide Poland.
- Began to trade raw material for war weapons.
- Also called Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
Summary:
The German-Soviet Pact, also known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact after the two foreign ministers who negotiated the agreement, had two parts. An economic agreement, signed on August 19, 1939, provided that Germany would exchange manufactured goods for Soviet raw materials. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union also signed a ten-year nonaggression pact on August 23, 1939, in which each signatory promised not to attack the other.