Adolf Hitler was motivated to betray the Molotov-Ribbentrop…
Adolf Hitler was motivated to betray the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and to attack his ally, the Soviet Union, based on the Soviet Union’s very poor performance fighting the Finns in [BLANK-1]. During this conflict early in World War II, U.S.S.R. forces struggled mightily to defeat Finland, despite the Soviets having far greater numbers and superior technology. Hitler thus assumed that if the U.S.S.R. could barely beat Finland, that Nazi Germany would have no trouble defeating the Soviets.
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