WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Stalin’s defeat of the Battle of Stalingrad
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Hitler’s violation of the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact by attacking Stalin and the Soviets
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Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to invade France on D-Day
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Winston Chruchill’s vow to gain victory in the Battle of the Bulge
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact in effect, Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention. On September 3, 1939, Britain and France, having guaranteed to protect Poland’s borders five months earlier, declared war on Germany.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The Soviet Union joined the Allies after the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa in 1941. Hitler launched an invasion in the summer of 1941 to conquer the Soviet Union and prompted Stalin to declare war on Germany and align himself with the Allies.
Detailed explanation-3: -With Europe on the brink of another major war, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin viewed the pact as a way to keep his nation on peaceful terms with Germany, while giving him time to build up the Soviet military. German chancellor Adolf Hitler used the pact to make sure Germany was able to invade Poland unopposed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Molotov also addressed the historical importance of the Nonaggression Pact. The two largest European powers agreed to end violence between themselves, while simultaneously dissecting the European continent into two separate spheres, the German West and the Soviet East.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the night of 23-24 August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact., known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.