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The 60th anniversary of one of the most fateful events in world history went unremarked this week. On Aug. 23, 1939 Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin agreed to what became known as the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact. With that, Stalin made World War II possible. Assured that he was protected from Soviet counter-aggression in the East, Hitler invaded Poland a week later, Sept. 1.
The signal that something was up between the two totalitarian powers had come some four months earlier but European chancelleries overlooked it. For on May 3, 1939 came the startling news that the Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov had resigned "at his own request." Litvinov, of Jewish origin and strongly anti-Nazi, had been replaced by Vyacheslav Molotov. His ethnic origins would not embarrass Hitler in dealing with communists.
Until the official announcement of the Nazi-Soviet pact, few believed such a agreement possible, especially the Communist Party leaders in the United States and the rest of the...

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Title: A Beautiful Friendship: Adolf Hitler And Josef Stalin
Approximate word count: 878
Approximate pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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1. A Beautiful Friendship: Adolf Hitler And Josef Stalin
   

   A Beautiful Friendship: Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin. The 60th anniversary of one
   of the most fateful events in world history went unremarked this week. ...