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The '''Molotov-Ribbentrop pact''' (formally the ''Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'', also called the '''Hitler-Stalin pact''' or '''Nazi-Soviet pact''') was a treaty between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]], in the opening days of [[World War II]]. Some portions of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact remained in force until the [[Collapse of the Soviet Union]] in 1991.

The '''Molotov-Ribbentrop pact''' (formally the ''Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'', also called the '''Hitler-Stalin pact''' or '''Nazi-Soviet pact''') was a treaty between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]], in the opening days of [[World War II]]. Some portions of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact remained in force until the [[Collapse of the Soviet Union]] in 1991.

Representing the Soviets was foreign minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], and representing the Nazis was foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]. The treaty was signed on August 23, 1939 in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]].

While Moscow had been negotiating this treaty with Berlin, the Soviets were fighting a major campaign against Hitler's ally Japan. Stalin feared a two-front war against Germany and Japan. Representing the Soviets was foreign minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], and representing the Nazis was foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]. The treaty was signed on August 23, 1939, three days after the start of the Battle of [[Mongolia#Khalkhin_Gol|Khalkhin-Gol]] between the Soviet Union and Japan. In mid-September, Tokyo signed a non-aggression pact with Moscow. Only after he had secured his Eastern border, did Stalin then invade Poland on 17 September, 1939. <ref>Jerrold and Leona Schecter, ''Sacred Secrets:  How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History'', Washington, DC: Brassey’s, 2002, pg. 12.</ref>

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/nazsov/nazsov.htm Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941] : Documents from the Archives of The German Foreign Office. Edited by Raymond James Sontag and James Stuart Beddie. United States Department of State. Publication 3023. U. S. Government Printing Office. 1948.  

*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/nazsov/nazsov.htm Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941] : Documents from the Archives of The German Foreign Office. Edited by Raymond James Sontag and James Stuart Beddie. United States Department of State. Publication 3023. U. S. Government Printing Office. 1948.  

[[Category:World War II]]

[[Category:World War II]]