Invasion of Germany (Soviet Invasion of Germany 1940)

{{[[Template:|]] }} {{[[Template:|]] }} {{[[Template:|]] }} {{[[Template:|]] }} Invasion of Germany (1940) Beginning: May 17, 1940 End: May 7, 1942 Place: Central, Eastern, Northern Europe. Outcome: Decisive Allied victory, End of Nazi Germany End of World War II in Europe Creation of People's Republic of Poland Start of the Cold War Combatants Soviet Union People's Republic of Poland (1941-42) Yugoslavia Germany Italy (1940-41) Finland (1940-41) Commanders Joseph Stalin (commander-in-chief) Georgy Zhukov Boris Shaposhnikov Aleksei Antonov Karol Świerczewski Josip Broz Tito Adolf Hitler (commander-in-chief) Walther von Brauchitsch Franz Halder Kurt Zeitzler Heinz Guderian Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Strength 1940 2,900,000 1941 3,600,000 1942 5,300,000 1940 2,200,000 1941 3,100,000 1942 3,900,000 Casualties and Losses Soviet Union: 5,280,400 killed (on all fronts), 3,849,000 wounded, 2,343,900 POW. Germany: 2,400,000 killed (on all fronts), 1,000,000 wounded, 600,000 POW.