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The impact of Western appeasement
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Western appeasement at Munich convinced Stalin that capitalist democracies would not protect Soviet interests, leading him to abandon collective security in favour of an agreement with Nazi Germany.
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- 2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953 – Stalinism, politics and control, 1929–1941 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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