History A-Level
Diplomatic manoeuvring and the Nazi-Soviet Pact
What Diplomatic manoeuvring and the Nazi-Soviet Pact means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The pact of August 1939 removed the risk of a two-front war and partitioned Poland, acting as a facilitating condition rather than the underlying cause.
Topics that use Diplomatic manoeuvring and the Nazi-Soviet Pact
- How far was Hitler’s foreign policy responsible for the Second World War? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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