1. what role did the Soviet union play in WWII?
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Hitler tried to invade Russia.\n\nDo you know why he failed?\n\nCause back then, they didn't have anti-freeze, and the tanks FROZE.\n\nPoor sorry sacks had to walk it back to Germany.\n\nLoL!
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Arguably, by the Brits and France not standing up to Hitler when he made territorial demands on Czechoslovakia.  The "official" start in Europe was when Germany crossed the border into Poland (followed quickly by the Soviet Union attacking from the east.)\n\nSome historians say the start of WWII was when Japan invaded China in 1935.
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They were invaded by 3,000,000 Axis soldiers, also known as Operation Barbarossa.  Up to the last moment, Stalin disbelieved reports that Germany was about to invade his country.
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World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict that took place in 1939–1945. It was the largest and deadliest war in history, culminating in the Holocaust and the dropping of the atom bomb.
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The Soviet Union disintegrated in 1989-90.\n\nThe Post Soviet states are:\n\n* Baltic states: Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.\n\n* Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan\n\n* The Transcaucasus: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.\n\n* The Eastern European states of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.\n\n* Russia because of its uniquely dominant role in the region is generally treated as a category unto itself.
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The Soviet Union was not true communism, it was a dictatorship with classes like rich and poor, I don't really see much difference then what we have here in America other then we get to vote our own poison.
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The end of the Cold War and the break up of the Soviet Union would be the first event, however this event came over a period of years and with many players.  However to get to this event you would have to acknowledge the fact that the U.S. became a Superpower by our involvement in both World Wars.
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Japan & USSR.\n\nBut hostilities only lasted a few weeks (at War's end). Some historians would argue that the USSR declaration of war had as much to do with Japan's surrender as the two atomic bomb detonations.
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They shouldn't have been so lax in dealing with the USSR.  An extra involvement in a foreign war; such as a well-placed nuke on the Kremlin, would have helped end the cold war and negated the modern influx of communism and socialism into Western Europe.
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The Battle of the Bulge was a side-show compared to the epic struggles on the eastern Front, but that's another discussion.\n\nThese are just some items that come to mind re: your question:\n\n1. Full scale efforts to experiment with 'heavy water' thus leading to a nuclear device.\n\n2. Not allow the BEF to escape from Dunkirk.\n\n3. Start Operatioun Barbarossa in May of 1941 (in order to beat the Russian winter of that year.)\n\n4. Focus on one or two tank designs, eg. Panther and King Tiger, rather than dilute the resources with multiple designs.\n\n5. Give Rommel at least 4 or 5 more divisions to his Africa Corps, in order to complete the invasion of Egypt and open the middle east oil fields.\n\n6. After the invasion of Russia, allow the conquered countries into the german fold, rather than view them as sub-human.  Initially, many thought the germans were liberators against Stalin's iron rule.\n\n7. Rather than divert Panzers in the fall/winter of 1941 to encircle Kiev, keep the pressure on Moscow.\n\n8. The biggest blunder, leave Stalingrad, and use mobile forces to engage in encirclement of the Russian armies.  Urban warfare is not suited for the blitzkrieg tactics.\n\n9. Release the Panzer reserves, prior to the Normandy invasion, to Rommel, as he wanted, in order to commit them within hours of the invasion.  Instead, they were withheld by Hitler expecting an attack at Pas De Calais.\n\n10. I almost forgot, Hitler could've kept the pressure on RAF Fighter Command's airfields/radar stations in 1940-41, rather than switching to the bombing of London/Coventry and other cities.\n\njust to name a few.
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Not necessarily a world power as it once stood. The Soviet Union or "Russia" is now a remnant of its former self. The poverty caused by the former Communist empire still remains however, as does the nuclear weapons. Russia still plays an important role in world politics in organizations such as the G8.
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what was the roles of women during and after world war 2
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Really just about every country on earth was involved in the Cold war. Either you were pro Soviet or pro West. Most countries were pro West unless they were part of the Soviet bloc or traded oil and weapons with the Soviets. Kind of like the war on terrorism. You are for us or against us.
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the allies that was us!! Russia had a pack with gremany no to invade each other however aroind 1941 maybe later hitler broke the treaty and attacked russia then russia because kind of an allie..
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After world war2 the soviet  block set themselves up as a cross trading group of nations.These nations were heavily dependant on the ussr.While in the west all of the nations were indepedant of each other and prospered.With the collapse of the soviet union(ussr)the economy of these countries was found wanting
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At the time of WWII the allies were very anxious to have the United States enter and aide in the conflict due to the fact that at the time it was one of the only countries with the resources to possibly wage a successful war against Germany.  Of course there is always politics in any conflict but the basic reason for the war was Germany's desire to conquer and rule countries and people that wished to maintain their own sovereignty.
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in a heart beat its WWII. It ended the great depression and the world knew that either the usa or the ussr was the dominant country.