Before World War II, Russia (the Soviet Union) faced invasions from Imperial Germany in World War I and various Allied/Anti-Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War, but the most significant direct invasions leading up to WWII involved Japan in Siberia (1918-1922) and the Soviet invasion of Poland (1920) as part of the Polish-Soviet War; however, the major invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII itself was Operation Barbarossa by Nazi Germany in 1941, which started the Eastern Front of WWII, notes Wikipedia, Explore the Archive, and TheCollector.com.
Hitler considered the invasion of the USSR as part of his plan to provide the German nation with “living space” (Lebensraum) and an opportunity to destroy Communism, which he loathed.
Russo-Crimean Wars (1570–1572), an Ottoman invasion that penetrated Russia and destroyed Moscow. Polish–Muscovite War (1609–1618), Poland gained Severia and Smolensk. Ingrian War (1610–1617), a Swedish invasion which captured Novgorod and Pskov.
On the 22nd of June 1941, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. It was the beginning of a campaign that would ultimately decide the Second World War. At first, the Germans enjoyed stunning success, the panzers forged ahead, while the Luftwaffe ruled the skies.
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of forcing the Russian Empire to comply with the continental blockade of the United Kingdom.
Hoping to isolate and weaken Britain economically through his Continental System, Napoleon launched an invasion of Portugal, the only remaining British ally in continental Europe.
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's Grande Armée occupied Moscow from 14 September to 19 October 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars. It marked the summit of the French invasion of Russia.
It was the rival Weltanschauung, Marxism (which for him embraced social democracy as well as communism), with its insistence on internationalism and economic conflict. Beyond Marxism he believed the greatest enemy of all to be the Jew, who was for Hitler the incarnation of evil.
Though he esteemed Jesus as an Aryan fighter against Jewish materialism who was martyred for his anti-Jewish stance, he did not ascribe to Jesus's death any significance in human salvation. Indeed, he did not believe in salvation at all in the Christian sense of the term, because he denied a personal afterlife.
Then, saying "It is finished, goodbye", Hitler took Eva back into their rooms for the last time. During the afternoon Hitler shot himself and Eva took the poison capsule that he had given her.
Denmark and Norway
Denmark surrendered on the day it was invaded. British and French troops fought briefly in Norway, but engaged too late.
Hitler pledged to restore prosperity, create civil order (by crushing industrial strikes and street demonstrations by communists and socialists), eliminate the influence of Jewish financiers, and make the fatherland once again a world power.
The analysis of Hitler's DNA helps dispel the myth that he supposedly had Jewish ancestry. But it reveals something else: Adolf Hitler stands out genetically when it comes to predisposition for certain psychiatric disorders and brain developmental conditions.
Many have questioned the depth of his religious affiliations. A survey during Trump's first presidency (2017–2021) showed that 63% of Americans did not believe he was religious, despite his professed Christian affiliation, and that only 44% of Americans believed that Trump was a Christian.
As of 2023, only five members of the Hitler family bloodline, all men who bore no children, were still living. Three of these descendants are sons of Adolf Hitler's nephew, William. William Hitler was not on good terms with Adolf Hitler, who even referred to William as his "loathsome nephew".
I would say that Nazi Germany was certainly the state responsible for WW2, but USSR was also a major aggressor. The non-aggression pact between the two countries and the partition of Poland that were part of the M-R Pact certainly made Germany's decision to invade Poland much easier.
Despite deteriorating relations with the Western world since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia still maintains support and strong relations with some countries, such as China, India, Belarus, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, North Korea, Myanmar, Eritrea, Mali, Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, Burkina ...
On August 6, Austro-Hungary declared war on Russia. Thus, within the span of a single week, the leading European powers were drawn into the conflict. The war that had begun among a few European countries gradually engulfed 38 nations.
Wellington in contrast famously said that Napoleon's presence on the battlefield “was worth forty thousand men”. Privately he criticised his military and political rule, referring to him as 'Buonaparte' to emphasise his non-French origins. “His whole life, civil, political and military, was a fraud'.