Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was the theatre of war covering the conflict in eastern Europe. Many sources include the German-Polish War of 1939 in this World War II theatre but this article concentrates on the much larger conflict which was fought from June 1941 to May 1945 in which the two principal belligerent nations were Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. It resulted in the rise of the Soviet Union as a military and industrial superpower, the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe, and the partition of Germany.

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World War II - Theatre of war - German-Polish War - 1939 - 1941 - 1945 - Belligerent - Nazi Germany - Soviet Union - Superpower - Eastern Europe - Partition of Germany

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In Russian, the conflict is referred to as the Great Patriotic War (??????? ????????????? ?????, Velikaya Otechestvennaya Voyna), a name which alludes to the Russo–Napoleonic Patriotic War on Russian soil in 1812. The Russo-Finnish Continuation War may be considered the northern flank of the Eastern Front. Some scholars of the conflict use the term Russo-German War, while others use Soviet-German War or German-Soviet War.

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Russian - Russo - Napoleon - Patriotic War - 1812 - Continuation War

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