During World War II, the USSR fought primarily against Nazi Germany and its allies, including Italy and Japan. Initially, the USSR had a non-aggression pact with Germany, but this changed when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. The USSR was also part of the Allies, collaborating with countries like the United States and the United Kingdom to defeat the Axis powers.
This is an opinion type question.The USSR made a great contribution to the defeat of Germany, however it is not true that they made a bigger contribution to the victory than all the other Allied nations.In fact, from August 1939 through June 22, 1941 the USSR was an ally of Hitler's Germany, and supplied much of Germany's food requirements! Even after the USSR was attacked by Germany, the USSR was not very cooperative with the other Allied Powers, and sometimes obstructive. They were also involved in the murder of Polish (Allied) military officers.The USSR suffered the most casualties of any Allied Power, fielded the largest Allied Army, and engaged the largest part of the German Army. However its contribution in terms of strategic airpower, seapower, logistics & economy were smaller than the western Allies. The USSR did not fight the Japanese until August 1945, when the Japanese were already defeated.
The United States and the USSR (Soviet Union). Great Britain and France were still considered part of the Big Four after the defeat of Germany, because they eventually had their own nuclear weapons.
There may be several ways of answering this question. For instance, it could be argued that the destruction of the Graf Spee in 1939 was Germany's first defeat. I would say that Germany's first significant defeat was at Stalingrad in early 1943.
The Cold War was basically a dispute between the US and the Soviet Union for the sole title of the world's only superpower. The Cold War was not literally a war, it was more of a verbal dispute and competition between the US and USSR. After WWII, the US and USSR emerged as the only two superpowers. They then fought for the spot of #1. So it was basically the US & their allies versus the Soviet Union & their allies. At this time, Germany was split into West and East Germany. West Germany was on the US side while East Germany was on the USSR side. They were involved because they were allies of either the US or USSR.
Because they were an Ally who helped defeat Germany
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.
There was no 'battle of the USSR'. There was a 4 year war between Germany and the USSR with a great number of battles. There was one battle though that is often considered the 'turning point' of the war with Russia. That was the Battle of Stalingrad, the first major defeat of the German army in the Russian campaign.
My assumption. Germany cannot defeat US. But France can. But Germany can defeat France.
The code name for Germany's plan to invade the USSR was Operation Barbarossa. Launched on June 22, 1941, it marked the largest military operation in history in terms of manpower and casualties. The operation aimed to quickly defeat the Soviet Union and secure its vast resources for the Nazi war effort. However, it ultimately led to a protracted conflict that contributed significantly to Germany's defeat in World War II.
Germany invaded the USSR in June 1942.
Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 the state was divided into areas controlled by the US, Gt Britain and France and the USSR. Eventually the area controlled by the western allies became West Germany a Democratic state and the area controlled by USSR (Russia) became East Germany a communist state. Following the decline of the USSR Germans elected to re-unify back inot one country.
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.
The USSR.
This is an opinion type question.The USSR made a great contribution to the defeat of Germany, however it is not true that they made a bigger contribution to the victory than all the other Allied nations.In fact, from August 1939 through June 22, 1941 the USSR was an ally of Hitler's Germany, and supplied much of Germany's food requirements! Even after the USSR was attacked by Germany, the USSR was not very cooperative with the other Allied Powers, and sometimes obstructive. They were also involved in the murder of Polish (Allied) military officers.The USSR suffered the most casualties of any Allied Power, fielded the largest Allied Army, and engaged the largest part of the German Army. However its contribution in terms of strategic airpower, seapower, logistics & economy were smaller than the western Allies. The USSR did not fight the Japanese until August 1945, when the Japanese were already defeated.
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.
The United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Holland, Poland, United States and USSR all entered WW2 to defeat Germny