Adolph Hitler, with his Nazi leaders and the mighty invincible army attacked the young USSR on this day in 1941, 70 years back. After conquering the nearby states, he turned his war machine towards Soviet Union. That was the day he started digging his own grave.
Nazi army moved fast conquering city and village one after another. But the entire people of towns and villages either shifted to interior places or turned to guerilla warfare. The army factories and manufacturing units were all shifted back to places where Nazis have not reached. The Nazi army even reached to Moscow, the capital of USSR. More than 27 million soviet men and women lost their lives in defending the country.It was here that the pitched battle started, street by street, inch by inch. The young Soviet Union might not have the arms, ammunition and the mighty war machine Hitler has got, but the determination and sacrifice of the Soviet army in pitched battle started pushing the Nazi army backwards inch by inch literally. Nazis had to retreat with big losses.
The rest is history. Nazis had to retreat and retreat. After years of terrible fight, on 2nd May 1945 the Soviet Army utterly defeated Hitler and after capturing Berlin, the capital of Germany, hoisted the Red flag on the Reichstag. HItler committed suicide. Japan was also defeated shortly. Thus the second world war came to an end.
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That is why Stalin is still looked upon with respect!
Of course Stalin had a great role in defeating the fascist-nazi forces of Hitler-Tojo-Mussolini. The defeat of Hitler in USSR was a turning point in the second world war. In planning the stragey of the allied forces, Stalin had an important role along with Winston Churchil and Roosewelt.