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At the beginning of the war, he was fighting against Nazi-fascism, but then, after eliminating the anarchists and Trotskyists in Spain, and seeing the weakness of England and France, Stalin foresees a war that will be won by the Nazis, and therefore seeks to take the right side. A few months later, in August of the same year, the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pacts are signed, in which the Soviet Union and Germany enter into a non-aggression pact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain. 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