Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Cultural  

1. A treaty made by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 that opened the way for both nations to invade Poland. (See invasion of Poland.)

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Example Sentences

The weakening of the left between 1939-41 because of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact is an example of something we certainly don’t want to happen in the present-day world.

From Salon

That, in turn, came after a concerted effort from the Russian foreign ministry earlier this year to rehabilitate the 1939 Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, which 10 years ago Putin had called “pointless, harmful and dangerous”.

From The Guardian

Molotov took over the job, and it was in this capacity that he negotiated and signed the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, which included a secret protocol granting the U.S.S.R. part of Poland, the Baltic states, and parts of Romania and Finland—in exchange for Soviet non-interference with Hitler’s eastward advance.

From The New Yorker

As much as it is not an indication of a replay of the Nazi-Soviet “non-aggression” pact, neither is it cause for the apathy, disinterest or even celebration in some quarters of the United States government.

From US News

The protesters linked hands to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939, which included secret protocols that cleared the way for the annexation of the Baltics by the U.S.S.R. during World War II.

From Time Magazine Archive