WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did the Soviet Union join the Allies and go to war against the Axis powers?
A
Hitler went against his agreement with Stalin and invaded the Soviet Union
B
Hitler went against his agreement with Mussolini and invaded Italy
C
Hitler went against his agreement with Stalin and invaded Poland
D
Stalin was against Hitler because he murdered millions of Jews.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Soviet Union, which initially had a nonaggression pact with Germany and participated in its invasion of Poland, joined the Allies in June 1941, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -Origins of the Cold War The Americans and the British feared the permanent Soviet domination of eastern Europe and the threat of Soviet-influenced communist parties coming to power in the democracies of western Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stalin and the Soviets wanted to expand communism into Europe and around the world; Truman, his nation, and the free world wanted to preserve freedom where it existed and spread it where it did not. World War II had merely revealed that the ideals of two former allies directly conflicted with one another.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Soviet Union in World War II. The Soviet Union joined WW2 on September 17, 1939, when it invaded eastern Poland in coordination with Nazi Germany.

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