Aug.+1939+Nonaggression+Pact+-+Germany+&+The+Soviets

= = =NON-AGGRESSION PACT= Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889. [3] He was the leader and founder of the Nazi Party. In the 1930s Germany and Italy strongly opposed the Communist Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin felt that the German Military threatened his nation due to military expansion. The British and the French officials had discussed a alliance with the Soviets in 1939, because of Hitler's aggressive actions. [1] German - Soviet non-aggressive pact was signed on August 23, 1939. [2] A little over a week before World War II. The Non-Aggression Pact was an agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union stating that neither countries would attack each other. On July of 1940, Hitler had broken that agreement pact and decided to attack the Soviet Union. The Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. The German military had more than 3 million soldiers, and was supported by more that 7,000 guns, 3,000 aircraft, and 3,000 tanks. They were outnumbered by the Red Army, more that 9 million soldiers in combat.[4]

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