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WWII Begins

Question 10 • WA-World History B - Aberdeen

Why did the Soviet Union join the Allies?

Answer
S
Stalin was afraid of Hitler.
H
Hitler had broken a pact and attacked.
H
Hitler was becoming too powerful in Eastern Europe.
S
Stalin wished to take control of territories captured by Germany.

Explanation

In 1939, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a nonaggression pact. Hitler broke that pact when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, so the Soviet Union joined the Allies to fight Germany. Choice B gives the direct reason for the alliance.

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