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Events on Thursday 2 May 1935 1
1935Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual AssistanceFrance and the USSR pledge mutual aidFrance and the Soviet Union signed a five-year pact promising assistance if either was attacked by a European state. Hitler later cited its ratification as his justification for remilitarising the Rhineland.