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Biruitorul (talk | contribs) 1. Scare quotes not needed (and the Soviets fought, discreetly, in Korea and Vietnam) 2. That just confuses the issue - the Soviets also didn't jump in till the end, etc |
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===Allies against the Axis (1941-45)===
{{see|Eastern Front (World War II)|Western Front (World War II)|Lend-Lease}}
During their joint war effort, which began thereafter in 1941, the Soviets strongly suspected that the British and the Americans had conspired to allow the Russians to bear the brunt of the battle against Nazi Germany. According to this view, the Western Allies had deliberately delayed opening a second anti-German front in order to step in at the last moment and shape the peace settlement.<ref>{{Harvnb|Gaddis|1990|p=151}}</ref> Similarly, the British and, especially, the Americans resented that the Soviets had stayed out of the war with Japan, only [[Soviet declarationof war on Japan|declaring war]] after the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombing of Hiroshima]] made it likely that Japan would surrender to the U.S. only, shutting the Soviets out. Thus, Soviet perceptions of the West and ''vice versa'' left a strong undercurrent of tension and hostility between the Allied powers.<ref>{{Harvnb|Gaddis|1990|p=151–153}}</ref>
===Wartime conferences regarding post-war Europe===
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