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German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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Also Known As German-Soviet Treaty of Nonaggression • Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact • Hitler-Stalin Pact
Date August 23, 1939
Participants Third Reich • Soviet Union
Context World War II

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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
foreign minister of Soviet Union
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat

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