WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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It allowed the union of Austria and Germany.
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It allowed the union of Germany and Hungary.
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It gave Germany a free hand in Poland.
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It gave Germany a free hand in the Sudetenland.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The pact was an agreement of convenience between the two bitter ideological enemies. It permitted Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to carve up spheres of influence in eastern Europe, while pledging not to attack each other for 10 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -While Poland was defending itself against Germany in the west, on 17 September, the Soviet Union attacked the country from the east. This two-pronged attack was too much for Poland. On 6 October 1939, its last troops surrendered.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the night of 23-24 August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact., known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The countries agreed that they would not attack each other and secretly divided the countries that lay between them.