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They had secret negotiations with Germany. Hitler told Stalin that he was going to attack Poland and if they would be okay with that or if they would assist them.
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In August 1939 Stalin's communist signed a non aggresive pact with Hitlers Nazi Germany to keep Hitler away from Russia.
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Russia invades Poland on September 17,1939.
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This war was a conflict mainly between the Soviet Union and Finland.
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The Winter War came to an end when both sides signed the Moscow Peace Treaty.
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The German miilitary was ordered to invade Russia as soon as the weather permits.
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Before the German invasion Russia removed border fences and other obstacles along the western border. They did this to enable rapid border crossing.
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Germany with its allies (Finland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Italy) invaded Russia in a suprise attack.
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Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Stalin appoints Zhukov as commander of the Central Front to defend Moscow. He replaced Semyon Timoshenko.
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The battle went on from August 23, 1942 to February 2,1943 ( approximately 5 months, 1 week, and 3 days). It took place in Stalingrad, Russia.
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The Germans challenged the Russians on the Eastern Front. The Battle of Kursk ended up ruining Hitlers stand in the Eastern Front.
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Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill met. The purpose was to make plans to squeeze Germany
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Romania surrendered to Russia on August 23,1944. Romania was Germanys only source of natural oil.
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On June 18, 1940 Russia invades Lithuania, Latvia, and Estoni
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The Red army liberates one of the Nazi's biggest concentration camps.
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On May 2, 1945 Weilding surrendered the city of Berlin, Germany's Capial, to the Soviet Union.
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Germany surrenders to the Soviet Union on May 8, 1945.
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The war began when the Soviets invaded Manchukuo. The Soviet- Japanese war lasted until September 2, 1945
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General MacArthur accepts the Japanese surrender and WW2 officialy ends on September 2, 1945.
