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Stalin's Rise to power picture
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Stalin's rise to power
Stalin gets appointed to the first central committee of the Bolshevik party. Through the years he rose to become the Secretary general of said committee. -
Stalin becomes dictator
Stalin wins the power struggle after Lenin's death and becomes dictator of the USSR -
Russia signs pact with Germany
Russia signed a non aggression pact with Germany. -
Russia joins the allies
After being attacked by Germany Russia joins the allied powers. -
Home-front factory picture
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Battle of Moscow picture
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Home-front farming picture
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The battle of Moscow
The capture of Moscow was one of the main military objectives of the Axis forces. The total casualties were about 650,000. The Soviets did win and started a counter offensive. -
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Homefront factories
During the war The USSR had tons of laborers working in hundreds of factories producing weapons and other things for the war. -
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Home-front farming
The people in the USSR had many farms that people worked on to provide food for the military. -
Russia enters the war
Germany terminate the non-aggression pact by attacking Russia. -
The holocaust in the USSR
After Germany occupied some of the USSR's territory that contained 4 million Jews some of which had fled from Poland. -
Battle of Stalingrad picture
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The battle of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad is considered a turning point in the war. Germany suffered the largest loss of the entire war in this battle. Casualties in total were around 2 million deaths. -
Battle of Kursk Picture
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The Battle of Kursk
This was the last major strategic offensive the Axis were able to do on the eastern front and it resulted in a soviet victory. The casualties amounted to a total of 1,060,000. -
The winning team
The USSR was on the winning side of the war. That of the Allies. -
USSR after the war
After the war the USSR occupied most of eastern Europe and grew its economy. -
Battle of Berlin picture
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The battle of Berlin
This was one of the last major offensives of the European theater. Afterward Hitler committed suicide. There was an estimated 175,000 casualties in this battle. The end was an Allied victory.
