The entry of the Soviet Union in the war against Japan along with the atomic bombings by the United States led to Japan's surrender, marking the end of World War II. The Soviet Union suffered the greatest number of casualties in the war, losing more than 20 million citizens, about a third of all World War II casualties .

2020年5月18日 · Another myth is that the Soviet Union’s role in the Second World War began on 22 June 1941, when the Wehrmacht attacked the USSR. In reality, the Soviet Union was a leading participant from the very start, colluding for nearly two years with Nazi Germany.

2024年5月5日 · The outcomes of World War II significantly shaped Soviet foreign policy, leading to the establishment of a Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, the onset of the Cold War, and the USSR’s emergence as a superpower in a bipolar world alongside the United States.

4 天之前 · World War II - Invasion, Soviet Union, 1941: For the campaign against the Soviet Union, the Germans allotted almost 150 divisions containing a total of about 3,000,000 men. It was in effect the largest and most powerful invasion force in human history.

2022年12月16日 · During World War II, the USSR was ruled by dictator Josef Stalin. The Soviet Union was the result of the collapse of the Russian Empire and of the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). In February 1917, a popular revolution ousted the Russian tsar.

By far the most deadly and destructive military conflict in history, World War II took the lives of at least 27 million Soviet soldiers and civilians.

2025年3月19日 · Joseph Stalin - WWII Leader, Soviet Union, Dictator: During World War II Stalin emerged, after an unpromising start, as the most successful of the supreme leaders thrown up by the belligerent nations.