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Compare And Contrast The Soviet Union And The Axispower
In the end of World War II, there was a war between two groups of nations. The Soviet Union and the Axis powers. The Soviet Union was mainly consisted of the United States,Britain,France,and Russia which had democratic republic goverment system. Then the Axis power consisted Germany,Italy,and Japan which was based on dictatorship. After the Axis powers invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 the United States started to view the soviet Union as an embattled country being overrun by Axis powers,and was further reinforced in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Under the Lend-Lease Act, the United States sent enormous quantities of war materiel to the Soviet Union, which was critical in helping the Soviets withstand

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