Were you on the Allies or the Axis side in World War 2?

Answer 1

For the most part he and his country were a member of the allies. However most people don't know that he signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany in 1939. This pact was full of secret clauses. One of these secret clauses called for the division of Poland, once conquered, between Germany and the Soviet Union. As you probably know, Hitler had already absorbed (basically conquered without a shot) Austria into the German Reich in the Anschluss. Then after being given the Sudetenland (an area of Czechoslovakia which contained 3 million ethnic Germans) in a deal with British Prime Minister Chamberlain brokered by Benito Mussolini, in exchange for his promise not to take anymore territory, he broke his word and marched into and took over the whole of Czechoslovakia, once again without a shot being fired. The soviet Union and its cowardly leader Stalin had signed a pact pledging to help the Czechs if this occurred, but refused to honor it once the Germans invaded. On September 1st, 1939, at around 4:15 am local time, the German blitzkrieg into Poland began. Poland has the distinction of being the first country with the courage and fortitude to stand up to Hitler. Britain and France both declared war on Germany, but did nothing tangible to help the Poles, who fought Valiantly against the strongest military machine the world had ever seen. The Polish air force had some extreme initial successes, but were outnumbered by the Luftwaffe 10 to 1 and were soon defeated. The gallant Poles continued to resist and launched a successful counter attack (i will include the name of the battle later, have to look it up) on September 17th, but the success was tempered by the ghastly news that the cowardly, back-stabbing Russians had entered the war on the German side, having invaded through Poland's eastern borders that were guarded by only a small token force, since the bulk of the Polish army was concentrated to the west and around Warsaw fighting the Wehrmacht. The Poles nonetheless inflicted higher military casualties on the Russians than the Russians on them, but were soon ordered to cease resistance and what troops could escaped to Romania to fight another day. The Warsaw Garrison held out for another two weeks, until they finally surrendered, to face horrific War Crimes committed not only by the Nazis, but by the Russians as well. The German and Soviets the mounted several joint victory parades. So for this early stage of the war, the Soviets were technically an Axis power, although they never signed the Rome-Tokyo-Berlin Axis which the term Axis powers is derived from.

The cowardly Stalin then used the Nazi expansion (though Hitler made good on his promise to split Poland with Stalin for the time being) as an excuse to march into, occupy and take over both Latvia and Estonia, two former Soviet "states" that had earned their independence after WWI. The occupying Soviet forces were as brutal and criminal as the Nazis and even more repressive. So much so, that when Germany first conquered those areas nearly two years later, they were seen as liberators by the native population, until it was discovered that for many of the residents, they were just as bad as the Soviets. Stalin then demanded that Finland accept a similar fate. Finland bravely refused, and the result was the Winter War 1939-40. Stalin wanted a blitzkrieg of his own, but the Finns proved to be ferocious fighters, who were experts at Winter warfare and knew their territory well. Horribly outnumbered both in materials and men, they and their incredible general, Manerhiem, along with several Swedish and Polish Garrisons supplied with many French weapons, basically kicked Russia's butt, and seized many Russian tanks and artillery pieces. However, Stalin's inept view of war, which remained largely unchanged for the entire conflict, was that human beings were expendable, so long as he achieved his aim, so eventually the Soviets won the winter war, technically, though it cost them over 250,000 men, 347 tanks and countless other military supplies, and the Finns lost less than 30, 000. Stalin made no other demands besides those which were made before the war broke out, fearing that too much repression would lead to a revolt by these fierce, competent fighters who had just basically demoralized the Red Army. The war convinced Hitler that the Soviet Union was simply a "paper giant', and it was one of the major factors which contributed to operation Barbarossa, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Upon the launch of Barbarossa, The Soviet Union then became a member of the Allied powers. The Finns then became a reluctant ally of Hitler's and proved to be his most competent European ally, and only legitimate fighting force allied with Nazi Germany other than the Empire of Japan, who actually betrayed the Axis in that instead of attacking Russia's far eastern end by sea and through China(which Japan had already conquered most of) they decided to do the cowardly sneak attack on the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor, and bring the only Military stronger than the German quadruple threat of the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine and Waffen SS in the brave, well supplied and superbly led United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines.

So to surmise, Stalin, the head of State of the Soviet Union before during and after WWII and the country he led were originally an Axis power (though they never became a signer of the Rome-Tokyo-Berlin Axis) until the subjugation and division of Poland was completed by Nazi Germany and the Red army, then became a member of the Allied powers after Hitler launched operation Barbarossa in 1941.

Answer 2

The Russians sided with the Allies, which were Britain, France, and some other countries at the time. The US did not join the war until late 1941.

Answer 3

Joseph Stalin first signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in 1939, but when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) he joined the Allies.

Answer 4

Stalin was on the side of the Allies .

Answer 5

YES

Answer 6

Stalin was basically on the German's side when the war began in 1939. He made a deal with Hitler to divide up Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union. Pursuant to their agreement, both countries invaded Poland in September 1939. The French and British reacted by declaring war on Germany, but not the SU. Stalin became an ally of the Western Allies when Hitler double-crossed him and invaded Russia in 1941.