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9781250247582

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The Stalin Affair

The Stalin Affair is an authoritative and lively account of the unlikely World War II alliance among the U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union.

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In the summer of 1941, Germany broke its wartime alliance with the Soviet Union and invaded the Soviet frontier. Joseph Stalin was stunned and unprepared, and his army suffered many casualties. Hitler’s about-face was good news for Great Britain's prime minister, Winston Churchill. Now, Germany’s forces would be split, and Great Britain and the Soviet…

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