The timing of the bombings, on August 6 and 9 suggest that Truman preferred to keep the Soviet Union out of the Pacific War and out of post-war dealings with Japan. The Soviets annexed their first territories in eastern Poland on September 17, , under the terms of the Non-Aggression Pact made with Nazi Germany. Soon after, the Red Army went to war with Finland in order to secure a buffer zone of protection for Leningrad St.
When the war was over, Finland ceded the territories demanded by the Soviets plus Karelia. In addition to the Republics, several countries in Eastern Europe operated as Soviet satellite states. These countries were not officially part of the USSR, but their governments were loyal Stalinists, and therefore looked to and aligned themselves with the Soviet Union politically and militarily via the Warsaw Pact.
After the Potsdam conference, Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east. Berlin, the capital city situated in Soviet territory, was also divided into four occupied zones.
Due to the delay, the document was not executed until after the ceasefire was supposed to begin—and May 9 had already arrived. The Russians celebrate May 9 as Victory Day to this day. In the rest of the world, though, V-E Victory in Europe Day is celebrated on May 8, the day the ceasefire was officially slated to begin. All rights reserved. American troops celebrate Germany's first unconditional surrender effective May 8, To avoid the possiiblity of an illegitiimate surrender, U.
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The first U. Air Force plane is lost in South Vietnam. The C aircraft crashed while spraying defoliant on a Viet Cong ambush site. The aircraft was part of Operation Ranch Hand, a technological area-denial technique designed to expose the roads and trails used by the Viet The first official game of The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo added an additional , square miles to United States territory, including the area that would become the states of As a growing empire with a long Pacific coastline, Russia was in many ways well positioned to play a leading role in the settlement and development of the Stalin and his generals, including future Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev , fully expected another Nazi attack to be aimed at Moscow.
However, Hitler and the Wehrmacht had other ideas. The Volga River, which runs through the city, was also an important shipping route connecting the western part of the country with its distant eastern regions.
For similar reasons, the Russians felt a special need to protect it. Stalin ordered all Russians strong enough to hold a rifle to take up arms in defense of the city.
From late August through the end of the assault, the Luftwaffe conducted dozens of air strikes on the city. The number of civilian casualties is unknown. By September, the Luftwaffe essentially had control of the skies over Stalingrad, and the Russians were getting desperate.
Workers in the city not involved in war-related weapons production were soon asked to take up fighting, often without firearms of their own. Women were enlisted to dig trenches at the front lines. And yet, the Russians continued to suffer heavy losses. By the fall of , Stalingrad was in ruins.
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