USSR in WWII
- Leader of WWII
- leader of the ussr is joseph stalin
- responsible for killing around 10 million people during wwii time period
- infamous for his labor cams in siberia where the death rate was very high
- known as a member of the original big three (FDR, churchill, stalin)
- Gregory Zhukov
- 5 star general for stalin and his army
- known for his leadership the battles of Leningrad and Moscow
- right hand man of stalin
- known for destroying russian cities after they were defeated by germany in 1941
- he did this so that they couldn't
- resupply
- get adequate winter materials
- he did this so that they couldn't
- non aggression pact
- signed in 1939 between germany (nazi) and soviet union
- stated that they would not invade one another and what they would do with poland and how they would split it up once conquered
- two years later in 1941, germany invades soviet union in the summer
- thus, breaking the non aggression pact
- german invasion
- summer of 41
- thought it would be a quick and easy invasion
- germans didn't bother to bring winter gear
- many russians were killed in this defensive struggle
- many historians argue that this event by hitler lead to his demise and death in 1945
- allies in the war
- us -41
- ussr- 41
- great britain-39
- france-39
- axis powers
- italy
- germany
- ussr-before 41
- japan
- death tolls
- over 60 million people were killed, which was over 2.5% of the world population
- 22 to 30 million military and civilian deaths for the ussr
- us and ussr relationship
- very unique relationship
- fought together in wwi
- ussr was originally fighting against allies before joining the allies
- even though we fought on the same side doesn't make us best of friends
- in the yalta conference, stalin wanted to make poland a communist country
- after wwii, us and soviets were the two big world super powers
- very unique relationship
- analysis of the era
- it was okay for the soviets
- positives:
- able to defend themselves ad withstand the german invasion
- with the allies, won wwii
- became a world super power
- negatives
- lost many people in battle
- communism was still being used
- staln was a ruthless leader (a good one for military times though)
- labor camps
2 paragraphs
research the labor camps and your opinion if us should adopt some of these policies
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