USSR in World War II

By amelia.gibson

  • Vladimir Lenin dies and a troika, including Joseph Stalin, comes into power.

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    Joseph Stalin claims supremacy after eliminating the other members of the troika.

  • Germany and the USSR signed a secret non-agression pact. This pact divides Poland between the Soviets and the Germans.

    This pact divides Poland between the Soviets and the Germans.

  • Germans invade their portion of Poland, beginning World War II. The Polish army was defeated within a few weeks.

    The Polish army was defeated within a few weeks.
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    World War II

  • USSR invades eastern Poland, a mere 16 days after the Germans.

  • Russo-Finnish war begins when the USSR invades Finland. About one million men attacked on several fronts.

    About one million men attacked on several fronts.

  • USSR invades the Baltic states, after giving each state an ultimatum of forming a new pro-Soviet government or going to war.

  • USSR signs neutrality pact with Japan. This was to last for 5 years.

  • Germany invades Russia. The plan was called Operation Barbossa.

  • Finland declares war on USSR, initiating the Continuation War.

  • Hungary and Slovakia declare war on USSR. They then began to contribute to the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

  • Germany begins the Seige of Leningrad. This occurred as a result of German failure to capture Leningrad.

  • U.S. begins supplying USSR under the Lend-Lease Act, which was signed by Roosevelt on March 11th, 1941.

  • USSR evacuates seat of government from Moscow to Kuibyshev, as the Germans advance. Only Stalin stayed in Moscow.

  • Germany abandons attack on Moscow.

  • German troops surrender to Soviets at Stalingrad.

  • Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet for the first time in Tehran.

  • USSR bombs Stockholm, Sweden.

  • USSR bombs Helsinki, Finland.

  • USSR invades Romania, occupied by the Germans.

  • Romania surrenders to the USSR, cutting off Germany's last natural oil source.

  • Bulgaria and Finland surrender to the USSR.

  • Russians liberate Auschwitz.

  • Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet again for the Yalta Conference.

  • Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet a final time for the Potsdam Conference.

  • USSR declares war on Japan.

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