Why Did Stalin Enter Ww2

The primary goal of the Allied Powers was to eliminate the Axis Powers. They wanted to restore control to each of the subjugated countries and ensure its own national security in the future years to come. Though the Allies consisted of 50+ countries, Great Britain, the United States, and Soviet Union were considered the super powers and each had its own strategy and aims. The Germans were Great Britain’s greatest threat and its Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew its fate depended on defeating them. In order to defeat the primary threat, they required additional support and resources. Churchill understood the United States support was critical to the war’s outcome but the United States did not want to be directly involved. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States officially entered the war. They knew there would be a two-front war: which would be difficult allocating resources to the Atlantic and Pacific. Immediately thereafter, Churchill convinced the Americans to a joint-strategy referred to as, “Europe
On March 15, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia breaking the German-Soviet nonaggression pact and as a result, Stalin sought revenge. With this in mind, Stalin was determined to restore communization and possibly replace Germany and Japan as the dominant power in Europe and East Asia. After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, Stalin’s objective was to repel German forces from capturing Stalingrad and force them westward back towards Berlin. Stalin knew if German forces penetrated their capital that his men’s morale would be affected and their country could potentially fall. In order to expedite his strategy, he urged Great Britain and the United States to draw German forces westward. Soon thereafter, was the turning point of the war and the Germans were no longer on the