• The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was a secret agreement between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
• The agreement said that they would assist one another in the invasion of Poland and split up eastern Europe into their own spheres where both countries could do as they please (after they invaded said areas).
• The pact was beneficial for both sides, even though they were sworn enemies.
• Hitler prevented a war on two fronts, while Stalin had time to prepare for an inevitable attack from Nazi Germany.
• The pact was signed in August of 1939, and it was broken with the launch of Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
• The name of the pact comes from the Russian and German generals Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop.