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Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that stated they would not take military action against each other for 10 years.
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Soviet troops occupy Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and annex them into the USSR.
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A non-aggression pact was signed in 1941 between Japan and the Soviet Union. It was a 5 year neutrality agreement freed up large troops arguing disputed territories.
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Hitler terminated the nonaggression pact and invaded Russia.
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Soviet Union did not surrender and Moscow wasn't captured.
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This operation failed when the 6th army was destroyed at the battle of Stalingrad.
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Nazi Germany fought Russia to decrease production rates of necessary supplies for the Russian army in one of their most industrialized cities.
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Hitler's goal was to take the region's oil fields in Caucasus. Russia won because the German armies failed to conquer the area.
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Destruction of the German Army Centre, said to be the most effective attack in the war.
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Soviet Union declares war on Japan, breaking their neutrality pact.
