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A Pact in 1939, Seed of Victory in 1945

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From: Myths of Modern History

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This chapter tackles a myth recently "certified" by the European parliament: that WW2 became possible because Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union concluded an “alliance,” known as the “Hitler-Stalin Pact.” The author considers this a major distortion of the historical truth, and explores how this pact may be said to have

contained the seed of Nazi Germany’s ultimate defeat, as it allowed the Soviet Union to survive the Nazi attack and ultimately to defeat Nazi Germany.

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Jacques R. Pauwels

Jacques R. Pauwels has taught European history at a number of universities in Ontario, including York, Waterloo and Guelph. He is the author of The Great Class War 1914–1918, Big Business and Hitler and The Myth of the Good War, revisionist histories of the rise of fascism and the World Wars. His books are read around the world and have been published in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian, Turkish and Korean. An independent scholar, Pauwels holds PhDs in history (York) as well as political science (U of T). He lives in Brantford, Ontario.