Question

Why did Hitler break the nonaggression pact and invade the Soviet Union in 1941?

A. to obtain oil and natural resources for Germany
B. to prevent an invasion of Germany .
C. to put in place a scorched-earth policy
D. to put in place a communist government

Answer 1

B. to prevent an invasion of Germany

Answer 2

The pact was terminated on 22 June 1941, when Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union, in pursuit of the ideological goal of Lebensraum. After the war, Ribbentrop was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials and executed. Molotov died in 1986.

Step-by-step explanation:

your answer is option B