Soviet Union in World War II

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
Index of Book
Index
Chapter 1: History of Soviet Union
Chapter 2: The division of Eastern Europe and other invasions
Chapter 3: Termination of the pact
Chapter 4: Soviets stop the Germans
Chapter 5: The Frontoviki
Chapter 6: Soviet push to Germany
Chapter 7: Final victory
Chapter 8: Repressions
Chapter 9: Soviet war crimes
Chapter 10: War crimes by Nazi Germany
Chapter 11: Survival in Leningrad
Chapter 12: Aftermath and damages
Chapter 13: Germany–Soviet Union relations, 1918–1941
13.1 Treaty of Rapallo 1922 and secret military cooperation
13.2 Documentation
13.3 Relations in the 1920s
13.4 Plans for Poland
13.5 Diplomatic relations
13.6 The "Third Period"
13.7 Early 1930s
13.8 Persecution of ethnic Germans in the USSR
Chapter 14: The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany before World War II
14.1 Initial relations after Hitler's election
14.2 Relations in the mid-1930s
14.3 Spanish Civil War
14.4 Collective security failures
Chapter 15: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Chapter 16: World War II
16.1 Soviet invasion of eastern Poland
16.2 Amendment of the Secret Protocols
16.3 Expanded commercial pact
16.4 Soviet war with Finland
16.5 Soviets take the Baltics
16.6 August tensions
16.7 Soviet negotiations regarding joining the Axis
16.8 January 1941 Border and Commercial Agreement
16.9 Mid-1941 relations
16.10 Further development
Chapter 17: Volksdeutsche in the Soviet Union
Chapter 18: Aftermath
18.1 Post-war commentary regarding the timing of Soviet-German rapprochement