Numerous ways.
The Soviet Union was a major factor in WWII.
Early in the war in Europe, Adolph Hitler and Germany maintained a commitment to avoiding a confrontation with the Soviet Union. This would change as it became evident to the German command that an eastern front was inevitable. Germany then launched an attack on the Soviet empire and even on Russia itself.
This was a huge burden on the German fighting machine, and the commitment drew huge amounts of resources away from the German fighting effort in Western Europe and in other areas of the world such as North Africa.
No. The Soviet Union did enter World War 2 but on the other side. Germany invaded and then forced the Soviet Union into the war
it was the the soviet union
The Soviet Union was established long before World War 2 began.
pointed guns at themb and said ''for the mother land''!
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II.
The United States and the Soviet Union were the Superpowers after World War 2.
Western parts of the Soviet Union were occupied in World War 2 by the Germans, but never the entire country.
no one. soviet union is russia which is on the allies side.
A map is included in the link below referring to the expansion of the Soviet Union post World War II. There is a key provided on the map. A satellite state is a state that is under high influence of the country though not directly controlled by the country itself. For example, Albania was a satellite state of the Soviet Union, however, it was not a part of the Soviet Union.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union when the United States entered World War 2.
The Soviet Union
Eastern Germany became a part of the Soviet Union after World War 2.