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Poland’s fate is sealed: the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 85 years on

Alex Webber
 23.08.2024, 11:57
Ribbentrop, Stalin and Molotov meet in Moscow on August 23, 1939. Photo: Wikicommons / public domain
Ribbentrop, Stalin and Molotov meet in Moscow on August 23, 1939. Photo: Wikicommons / public domain

Today marks the 85th anniversary of a pact that rubber-stamped the carve-up of Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.