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OCR: The Moiotov- -Rib bentrop Pact, signed in August 1939 by Germany and the Soviet Union, divided Europe into German and Soviet spheres of infiuence This nonaggression pact was an important military strategy by Hitler who considered the communist Soviet government to be an ideoloqical enemy enabied Germany invade and occupy Poland without fearing retribution by the Soviet Union the only European power capable of posing threat the German Army in the east. Furthermore aided Hitler by forcing Hungary and Romania to align themselves with Germany order avoid Soviet control. The pact also gave the Soviet Union a false sense of security which was shattered in 1941 by the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Importantly enough, these develo pments brought huge populations of European Jews under Nazi ...