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5 days ago · World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3. The war between the U.S.S.R. and Germany began on June 22, 1941, with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
- Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa, during World War II, code name for the...
- The Far East
Summarize this Article The devastation of World War II in...
- Costs, Impact, Legacy
World War II casualties 1 Figures for deaths, insofar as...
- German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, pact signed on August 23,...
- Allies, Decisive Victories, Europe
Technology of war, 1918–39; The war in Europe, 1939–41. The...
- The Battle of Britain
World War II - Battle of Britain, RAF, Luftwaffe: With...
- Pearl Harbor Attack
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor marked the beginning of...
- Allied Landings, Defeat of Axis
Technology of war, 1918–39; The war in Europe, 1939–41. The...
- Operation Barbarossa
2 days ago · The Winter War. After Poland’s defeat in the autumn of 1939, the Soviet Union, wishing to safeguard Leningrad, demanded from Finland a minor part of the Karelian Isthmus, a naval base at Hanko (Hangö), and some islands in the Gulf of Finland.
5 days ago · World War II - Invasion, Soviet Union, 1941: For the campaign against the Soviet Union, the Germans allotted almost 150 divisions containing a total of about 3,000,000 men. It was in effect the largest and most powerful invasion force in human history.
3 days ago · Over the course of the operation, over 3.8 million personnel of the Axis powers—the largest invasion force in the history of warfare —invaded the western Soviet Union, along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with 600,000 motor vehicles and over 600,000 horses for non-combat operations.
1 day ago · World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
1 day ago · The Continuation War, [f] also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a Finnish declaration of war and invasion on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 September 1944 with the Moscow Armistice.
3 days ago · The Cold War (1945-1991)–Following World War Two, the Soviets and the Western Allies waged a “Cold War” for decades around the world. Soviet support for Communist forces in Korea and Vietnam, and American support for rebels in Afghanistan against the Soviets are leading examples of this hostility.
