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Before WWII, Stalin initiated the Five-Year Plans, which made the Soviet Union more economically independent by increasing industrial production. The Five Year Plans also prepared the USSR for future wars through munitions production.
During WWII, Stalin was surprised when Hitler began Operation Barbarossa (attack on USSR). Even though he was taken by surprise, Stalin was able to push the Germans back for a few reasons. One, as the Germans advanced into Russia, the USSR troops began destroying potential resources that the incoming Germans. Two, the Germans did not prepare for the Russian winter. Three, the harsh winter caused weapons to malfunction. Four, Hitler made strategically bad moves; instead of attacking Leningrad, Hitler should have focused his forces on Moscow.
After WWII, the USSR was the most powerful land force, while the US was the most powerful air force. France and Britain became second-rate powers in the face of the US and USSR, which partially explains the origins of the Cold War.
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What happened when the Soviet Union when it was found?
notthing happened
What events in the soviet union led to the end of the cold war?
The Chernobyl disaster Brought about perestroika
Which soviet leader of the 1980s brought new change to the soviet union?
Mikhil Gorbakhav
Who turned the Russian empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
Vladimir Lenin did by arranging the Treaty of the Soviet Union in December, 1922 among Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan). Afterwards, the Soviet Union brought other republics into the union.
Nixon's creative dealing with the Soviet Union brought about?
limit on offensive nuclear weapons
Why was German success slowed in the Soviet Union?
The weather!
What happened when the Soviet Union when it was found?
notthing happened
Who accomplished the earliest success in the space program?
The Soviet Union.
What events in the soviet union led to the end of the cold war?
The Chernobyl disaster Brought about perestroika
What happened to Soviet Union in 1991?
15 republics declared independence and Soviet Union no longer existed.
What was the transition Russia struggled to make after the Soviet Union collapsed?
There was no easy solution to the effects brought by the fall of the Soviet Union. Countries freed after decades of occupation brought crime to a high rate.
Which soviet leader of the 1980s brought new change to the soviet union?
Mikhil Gorbakhav
What events brought on the end of the cold war?
The fall of the Soviet Union
What happened on march 12 1917?
The Soviet union fail
What happened on September 2 1945 to change the relations between the US and the Soviet Union?
The soviet Union set off an atomic bomb.
What brought the war to an end?
The cold war was brought to an end because the soviet union broke up [in1991].
Who turned the Russian empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
Vladimir Lenin did by arranging the Treaty of the Soviet Union in December, 1922 among Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan). Afterwards, the Soviet Union brought other republics into the union.
