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What Did the Secret Protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Do? - The Dual Invasion of Poland in 1939 | Sleepy Facts About History
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On August 23, 1939, two regimes that had spent years denouncing each other as the embodiment of evil signed a nonaggression pact in Moscow. This episode examines the Nazi-Soviet Pact, exploring how a temporary convergence of interests between Hitler and Stalin translated directly into the destruction of the Polish state. We look at the failure of Anglo-French collective security negotiations, the secret protocols that divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence, and the dual invasion…
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