On the Eve of
the Great Patriotic War

September 1, 1939 – June 22, 1941

Верхнее меню

The Wehrmacht’s Invasion of Poland and the Beginning of World War II. September – November 1939

Soviet ‘Security Zones’ on Stalin’s Maps. August 1939

Reunification of Western Ukraine with the Ukrainian SSR and Western Belorussia with the Belorussian SSR. September – November 1939

Beginning of the ‘Phoney War’ in the West. September – October 1939

Soviet-German Talks. 21–28 September, 1939

Soviet-Turkish Talks about a Mutual Assistance Treaty. September – October 1939

Relations between the USSR and the Baltic Countries. September 1939 – May 1940

Soviet-Finnish Talks. October – November 1939

The ‘Winter War’ with Finland and Its Outcome. November 1939 – May 1940

Franco-British Plans of Attacking the USSR. November 1939 – May 1940

Commercial and Economic Activities of the USSR During the War in Europe. October 1939 – June 1941

The Soviet Military-Industrial Complex and Its Developmental Problems. December 1939 – June 1941

The End of the ‘Phoney War’ and the Defeat of France. March – June 1940

Incorporation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania into the USSR. June – August 1940

Incorporation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina into the USSR. June – August 1940

Berlin Pact of 1940. September – December 1940

Official Visit of Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs V. Molotov to Berlin. November 1940 – January 1941

German Preparations for War against the USSR. July 1940 – April 1941

Preparations of the Red Army for Repulsing Aggression. May 1940 – April 1941

Soviet Intelligence Information about German Plans of Aggression. December 1940 – April 1941

German Aggression in the Balkans. March – May 1941

Signature of the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact on April 13, 1941. April 1941

On the Eve of Germany’s Attack against the USSR. May – 21 June, 1941

‘On 22 June at 4 a.m. …’ Invasion of the USSR by Germany and Its Satellites

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