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People: Francesco Maria I della Rovere
Location: Mons (Bergen) Hainault Belgium

The Soviet Union enters the Second World …

Years: 1936 - 1947

The Soviet Union enters the Second World War on September 17, 1939, with its invasion of Poland, in accordance with a secret protocol within the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany.

The Soviet Union later invades Finland, and occupies and annexed the Baltic states, as well as parts of Romania.

On June 22, 1941, Germany invades the Soviet Union, opening the Eastern Front, the largest theater of the war.