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Year of Turmoil: 1939. The year 1939 was one of the most crucial in modern history. That was the year Stalin made a pact with Nazi Germany; Hitler marched on Poland; the forces of the Spanish Republic were defeated; Russia waged war on Finland; Italy invaded Albania; and Japan and China were locked in deadly warfare. The author recreates these and other events of 1939 and gives a vivid and honest picture of that most critical year.