How Did Joseph Stalin's Alliance With The Soviet Union

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On August 23, 1939 ,months before World War II broke out in Europe, Germany and the Soviet Union decided to sign the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact surprising everyone. Joseph Stalin wanted to sign this treaty mainly because he wanted peace and he did not want to be an enemy of Adolf Hitler, but Hitler had other ideas he signed the treaty because he wanted to invade Poland, and with the help of the Soviet Union everything was going to be easier. His initial plan was to use The Soviet Union and then take care of Britain and France.
The terms that were supposed to be followed by Germany and the Soviet Union were:
• The two countries agreed not to attack each other, either independently or in conjunction with other powers.
• Not to support