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Why did stalin and hitler become allies in the summer of 1939?

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Both wanted land in Poland, but didn’t want to go to war with each other, yet. So, they signed a non-aggression pact, not an alliance, saying that neither would go to war with each other for ten years, nor would they assist anyone at war with the other. Of course, that lasted two years before Hitler decided that Stalin had to go.
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