Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941.
June 22, 1941 - assuming that your question was intended to be in the past tense (since the USSR no longer exists).
June 22, 1941.
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Because of Pearl Harbor the United States declared war on Japan. Meanwhile Germany was at war with the USSR, and they wanted Japan to attack the USSR from the east. To get Japan to attack the USSR, Germany declared war on the United States in a good faith gesture towards Japan. Prior to this there was a war in Europe and Eastern Asia with the only connecting point being that Italy, Germany, and Japan were allies. Now the U.S. being right in the middle of these two wars became the connecting point.
They established a non-aggresion pact, meaning the USSR and Germany would not attack each other.
they were against the USSR. So, when the USSR was with Germany, then Finland was on its own, then when the USSR was against Germany, Finland allied with Germany. Then when Finland surrendered to the USSR for a second time, Finland had to declare war on Germany.
The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact signed by Nazi Germany and the USSR agreed that the two nations would not attack eachother, and would divide Europe between them, with Germany taking the western half and the USSR taking the eastern half. Had Nazi Germany not violated this pact, it is likely that the outcome of WW II would have been different.
Both were subjected to unprovoked attack, The USSR by Germany and the US by Japan.
Yes, if Germany didn't launched the attack onto the USSR in 1941, it's a guaranteed that the USSR would of declared war onto Germany sooner or later because the USSR would of been like Germany, increasing living space for it's people by invading and conquering other countries.
Yes, indeed. That's why Hitler attacked USSR first.
Because of Pearl Harbor the United States declared war on Japan. Meanwhile Germany was at war with the USSR, and they wanted Japan to attack the USSR from the east. To get Japan to attack the USSR, Germany declared war on the United States in a good faith gesture towards Japan. Prior to this there was a war in Europe and Eastern Asia with the only connecting point being that Italy, Germany, and Japan were allies. Now the U.S. being right in the middle of these two wars became the connecting point.
They established a non-aggresion pact, meaning the USSR and Germany would not attack each other.
The Soviet Union, aka the USSR.
they were against the USSR. So, when the USSR was with Germany, then Finland was on its own, then when the USSR was against Germany, Finland allied with Germany. Then when Finland surrendered to the USSR for a second time, Finland had to declare war on Germany.
The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact signed by Nazi Germany and the USSR agreed that the two nations would not attack eachother, and would divide Europe between them, with Germany taking the western half and the USSR taking the eastern half. Had Nazi Germany not violated this pact, it is likely that the outcome of WW II would have been different.
Both were subjected to unprovoked attack, The USSR by Germany and the US by Japan.
Germany invaded the USSR in June 1942.
The USSR.
They did build Armies as well as bombs. They may have used bombers first but they built up armies to attack Germany.
Yes, before the fall of the Soviet Union and the reunification of Germany, East Germany (DDR) was an Eastern Bloc country, directly affiliated with the USSR.