... . The real hero of the conflict, however, was Leon Trotsky, a former Menshevik who organized the Red Army and guided the Bolsheviks to victory. After the war, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist Party, and declared Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Stalin was elected General Secretary of the Party in 1922, and although ... the world--and which played a large role in exposing the true nature of the Soviet regime--every one of the accused Bolsheviks confessed their supposed crimes. Only later did the world discover that these confessions were elicited after long mo...

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... to the program and purposes of the Atlantic Charter and pledging their cooperation in the war against the Axis powers. Stalin motivated all the Soviet people to fight "The Great Patriotic War". The Axis assault on the USSR was launched from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea. During the late summer and fall of 1941 the Germans plunged deeply into the Soviet Union, striking at Leningrad, Moscow, and the Ukraine. As the Red Army was constantly retreating under the stupendous blows of the German ... on the general lines of the occupation policy, on various reparations policies, and on the t...

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... pledged allegiance to the principles of the Atlantic Charter, the Soviet government and 25 other Allied governments signed a declaration formally subscribing to the program and purposes of the Atlantic Charter and pledging their cooperation in the war against the Axis powers. The Axis assault on the USSR was launched from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea. During the late summer and fall of 1941 the Germans plunged deeply into the Soviet Union, striking at Leningrad, Moscow, and the Ukraine. As the Red Army was ... on the general lines of the occupation policy, on various reparations po...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate