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The Bronze Horseman is a historical fiction novel written by Paullina Simons and the first book in the Bronze Horseman Trilogy.. The book begins on 22 June 1941, the day that Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the Second World War after Operation Barbarossa.
The Victory Banner over the Reichstag: Film, Document, and Ritual in Russia's Contested Memory of World War II (Russian and East European Studies). Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. [72] Jilge, W., & Troebst, S. (2006). Divided Historical Cultures? World War II and Historical Memory in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine: Introduction.
In post-Soviet Russia, whose collapse of communist ideology coincided with the wave of criticism of Stalin's rule, the Icebreaker thesis about Stalin's responsibility for World War II outbreak and about Soviet plans for world conquest found a considerable support in many of society who wanted to disassociate themselves with the uncomfortable past.
Germany was somewhat worried about Russia's potential industrialization—it had far more potential soldiers—while Russia feared Germany's already established industrial power. In 1907 Russia went into a coalition with Britain and France, the Triple Entente. [18] The ultimate result of this was that Russia and Germany became enemies in World ...
A poll conducted by YouGov in 2015 found that only 11% of Americans, 15% of French, 15% of Britons, and 27% of Germans believed that the Soviet Union contributed most to the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. In contrast, the survey conducted in May 1945 found that 57% of the French public believed the Soviet Union contributed most.
In World War II, Russia occupies a dominant position and is the decisive factor looking toward the defeat of the Axis in Europe. While in Sicily the forces of Great Britain and the United States are being opposed by 2 German divisions, the Russian front is receiving attention of approximately 200 German divisions.
Russia at War, 1941–1945 is a 1964 book by British journalist Alexander Werth in which he describes his experiences as a correspondent for the BBC and the Sunday Times in the war time Soviet Union, at the same time attempting to provide a fuller picture of Russia at war.
Operation Barbarossa [g] was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with the main goal of capturing territory up to a line between ...