The Soviet Union enters the Second World…

1936 CE to 1947 CE

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.

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St Petersburg Sankt-Peterburg Russia View →

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Joachim von Ribbentrop View → Vyacheslav Molotov View →

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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic View → Finland, Republic of View → Poland, Second Republic of View → Lithuania View → Latvia View → Estonia, independent republic of View → Romania, Kingdom of Greater View → Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic View → Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union View → Germany, Third Reich View → Finnish Democratic Republic View → Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic View → Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic View → Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic View → Romanian People's Republic View →

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World War, Second (World War II) View → Second World War on the Russian Front View →

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Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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