Molotov-Ribbentrop pact facts for kids
| German–Soviet Non-aggression Pact | |
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Ribbentrop (right) and Molotov (left) at the signing of the Pact
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| Signed | August 23, 1939 |
| Location | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Expiration | August 23, 1949 (planned) June 22, 1941 (effectively) July 30, 1941 (officially declared null and void) |
| Signatories | |
| Languages | German and Russian |
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (otherwise known as the Nazi-Soviet Pact) was signed by Vyacheslav Molotov (Soviet foreign minister working for Stalin) and Joachim von Ribbentrop (Nazi-German foreign minister working for Hitler) on 23 August 1939. The pact promised that neither the Soviet Union nor Nazi Germany would attack the other. It also divided Poland between them.
However, after the pact (treaty) was signed, Hitler broke it in June 1941 by invading the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). This was part of a series of conflicts in World War II.
Images for kids
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Map of the Second Polish Republic, 1937
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Molotov (left) and Ribbentrop at the signing of the pact
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"The Prussian Tribute in Moscow" in the Polish satirical newspaper Mucha of 8 September 1939
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The New York Times reported Nazi troop movement on 25 August 1939, soon before the Gleiwitz incident on 31 August 1939, led by Alfred Naujocks (pictured).
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Signing of the Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact). 23 August 1939
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The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (German copy)
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Last page of the Additional Secret Protocol of the Pact (Russian copy)
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Nazis destroying border markers on the Polish-German border, 1939
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Cartoon in the Evening Standard depicting Hitler greeting Stalin after the invasion of Poland, with the words: "The scum of the earth, I believe?" To which Stalin replies: "The bloody assassin of the workers, I presume?"; 20 September 1939.
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Common parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest at the end of the invasion of Poland. At the centre are Major General Heinz Guderian and Brigadier Semyon Krivoshein.
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Soviet and German soldiers in Lublin
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"Second Ribbentrop–Molotov Pact" of 28 September 1939. Map of Poland signed by Stalin and Ribbentrop (focused on the Kresy) adjusting the German-Soviet border in the aftermath of German and Soviet invasion of Poland.
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German and Soviet soldiers meet in jointly-occupied Brest.
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Ribbentrop taking leave of Molotov in Berlin, November 1940
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Situation in Europe by May to June 1941, immediately before Operation Barbarossa
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The new border between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union from September 1939 to June 1941, somewhere in the occupied territory of Poland
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See also
In Spanish: Pacto Ribbentrop-Mólotov para niños
