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What did Hitler want from the soviet union in world war 2
Hitler's plan with the Soviet Union was twofold: 1) to annex territory to create more land (lebensraum) for the "Aryan" people, and 2) the complete annihilation of the Slavic and Jewish people in...
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How did the soviet union get in world war 2
Soviet entered the fighting on 17 Sept 1939, attacking Poland. This was according to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, letting each party expand by annexing adjacent territories, splitting Europe between...
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What did the soviet union do in World War 2
Soviet fought on both sides, according to imperial interests. "Tore the heart out of the Germans", according to Winston Churchill. The Soviet Union fought back the German invasion of 1941 at a huge...
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What did the soviet union do after World War 2
Soviet had invaded some countries in the beginning of the war, according to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, where Stalin and Hitler had divided Europe between them. During the later part of the war,...
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Why did Hitler declare war on the Soviet Union during World War 2
In Hitler's speech on June 11 1941, he said the Soviet Union was provoking Germany because it was run by Bolsheviks and Jews and part of the British 'encirclement' of Germany.