Part of the reason the German invasion of the Soviet Union did so well is that Stalin had much of his army and airforce in forward positions along the Border with Poland. Any tactician could tell you that this is not a defensive posture. Stalin had plans to attack Germany---Hitler was the first to the mark. If Germany hadn't attacked then the Soviets would have. The war would have probably still ended up with Germany's defeat--but it is possible that it would have been dragged out for much longer since most of Germany's losses were due to the Russian winter which would have been avoided. autcaully ur wrong germany attacked Russia first and jospeh stalin thought as hitler as close to like a friend since hitler was really the only real person he really trusted and stalin knew hitler was gonna attack russaia but didnt want to believe it and had a mental breakdown he ran away for about 3 weeks when he heard this and no one was able to contact him. one of his generals got excellent intelligence hitler was gonna attack him and he refused to believe until hitler attacked russia.also jospeh stalin was the type of paranoid revengeful guy he killed thousands of people that were loyal to him just because he had a slight suspicion that they werent loyal to him so to him hitler in his eyes was kinda of like a friend u know u can trust backstab u.if he never attacked russia stalin would've kept sopportin hitler and they would;ve tooken over britain and china would've been into either soviets or japs most likey soviets since japs fought the usa and was loosin then hitler would've stepped in conquer and occupy usa. then attack soviets and japan dont really know simultinuesly or 1by 1. he would've done this later because he was racists to anyone non aryan and jewish also most russians were jewish or alot of em and he didnt like communists. its not wehther if he wouldnt have done this its just if he would have delayed his attack till he got every thing in europe set up perfect. The question is too hypothetical. For Hitler, war against the Soviet Union was the centrepiece of WW2, and most of the rest was rather incidental. In 1917-18 Germany had defeated Russia, and tried to set up a vast empire there, but had been unable to hold on to it because of the war on the Western Front. Boundless expansion in Eastern Europe was one of Hitler's key fantasies. He had a dream ...
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In WW1 it was The triple entente; Britain, France and Russia. Against them were the triple alliance; Italy, Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire. WW2 it was the Allies; USA, Britain, Russia and France. And the Axis; Japan, Germany and Italy.
The Tripartite Pact was signed in Berlin, Germany on 27 September 1940.
-Russia & Serbia -Germany & Austria-Hungary -France & Russia -Britain & France & Belgium -Japan & Britain
The Triple Alliance consisted of Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. The "Allied Powers" were the members of the Triple Entente: Russia, France, and the United Kingdom. They were eventually joined by several other nations, most significantly the United States and Japan. (Italy, which had never been all that committed in the first place, actually left the Triple Alliance during the war and came in on the Allied side.)
Japan, Germany, and Italy. Russia was not really an axis, it was in an alliance of its own until its peace treaty wth Germany was shattered, then it became and allied country.
The Soviet Union had an alliance with Germany, until Germany attacked them in 1941. After Japan attacked the US, Germany declared war on the US because they were on the same side as Japan.
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Italy - Germany - Japan .
Germany was in alliance with Italy and Japan, although Japan was a little too far away to be of any use to Germany, and Italupy eventually succumbed to Allied forces and had hoped to surrender without a fight, with their frightful dictator Mussolini dead. Russia was also in an alliance with Germany, although that changed when Germany invaded that Soviet Union in hopes of gaining all the land the Soviet Union held.
Japan did not attack Germany. Japan had an alliance with Germany and Italy. Japan fought the USA (after Pearl Harbour), Britain and her commonwealth (which included Australia).
Japan joined Germany & Italy in a military alliance called the "Tripartite" or "Axis" powers on September 27, 1940.
The triple Entente was comprised of Britian, Russia, and France, wheras the Axis contained Germany, Japan, and Italy
September 27, 1940
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In WW1 it was The triple entente; Britain, France and Russia. Against them were the triple alliance; Italy, Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire. WW2 it was the Allies; USA, Britain, Russia and France. And the Axis; Japan, Germany and Italy.
Notably , Japan & Italy .