Question 45 • 11011de2 CONNECTED Fall 2026 NM-US History and Geography S2
Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a nonaggression pact in 1939, agreeing not to attack each other. Hitler had to break that agreement before launching an invasion of the USSR in 1941. The pact’s collapse, rather than defeating Britain in North Africa or securing Italian troops, was the necessary first step.
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