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Civil war in Russia
Civil war between Bolsheviks, or Reds, and anti-Bolsheviks, or Whites, ravages Russia. -
League of nations
The soviets admitted the League of nations -
Non-aggression pact with Germany
The Soviet Russian and the Germans agreed and sign a non-aggression pacts Splitting Poland. -
Invasion of Poland
Germany attacks Poland without consent from the Soviet Union. -
Attacking half of Poland
Germany attacks one side of Poland and the soviets attack the other and split Poland -
The soviets attack Finland
Finland and the soviets end there non-aggression pact and go to war with 5 soviet armies going to Finland. -
Battle of Leningrad
Germany attacks Leningrad does not end until January 1944 -
The Germans stop advancing
The Germans are 50 miles from Moscow when they have to stop because of the horrible winter. -
Stalingrad
Germany invades Stalingrad and over 90,000 men surrender to the soviets. Big turning point of the war against Germany. -
The Teheran conference
Were they agreed that the western allies would invade France and the soviets would attack the east. -
The soviets take Warsaw.
The soviets push the Germans back and take Warsaw and in early April the take Vienna back. -
Taking Berlin
The soviets attack Berlin with more than a million men and 20,000 pieces of artillery. -
Take Berlin
The soviets take over Berlin and Hitler is dead -
The Potsdam conference
Stalin,Truman and Churchill have a conference about what to do with Germany after the war. -
War with japan
The soviets end the non-aggression pact with japan and declared war.