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Interpretation of USSR Entrance

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Interpretations of the Soviet Union’s Entrance in the War

Historians disagree over the significance of the Soviet Union entering the war.

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Traditional interpretation

  • Traditionally, historians believed that Hitler’s attack took the Soviet Union by surprise.
  • They also argue that Germany was the stronger army.
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Revisionist interpretation

  • However, after the Soviet records were released in 1989 historians began to reassess World War Two.
  • Evidence suggests that Stalin was planning on invading Germany in 1941.
  • The Soviet army was ready for war and well prepared. However, Stalin weakened the army through executing so many of his generals.

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