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Originally Posted by Jim O
It served both both sides' needs at the time. Both sides feared each other, Stalin had decimated his officer corps, and Hitler wanted to deal with the west before devouring the lands to the east. In the end, it also probably helped to cement the alliance with Romania who wasonly too happy to participate in Operation Barbarossa to regain lost territories.
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Hitler didn't expect to deal with the West at the beginning. He thought Chamberlain would act the same thing as he did to Czechoslovakia. The pact only ensured that Russian wouldn't help Polish to fight German.