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Explanation:
Signed in August 1939, the German-Soviet Pact paved the way for a joint invasion and occupation of Poland in September of that year. By signing the treaty, Hitler was able to avert a massive two-front war. Stalin was given permission to extend Soviet control over the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia), as well as parts of Romania and Finland, in the following years. The pact was a mutually beneficial compromise between the two ideological enemies. It allowed Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to carve out spheres of influence in Eastern Europe while agreeing not to strike each other for the next ten years. Hitler, on the other hand, invaded the Soviet Union less than two years later. The pact prepared the way for World War II.
