Creation of the Anti-Hitler Coalition of Three Powers
The Coalition of Three Powers Against Hitler
As a result of the active resistance of the Soviet Armed Forces, the enemy suffered significant losses in the first battles. By mid-July, the German army had lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and officers and about half of the tanks operating on the Soviet-German front. From June 22 to July 19, 1941, the German Air Force lost 1,284 aircraft. The total losses of the enemy's ground forces by the end of June exceeded 213,000 personnel.
The calculations of the Hitler clique regarding the international isolation of the Soviet Union also proved to be unfounded. The just struggle of the peoples of the USSR, aimed not only at eliminating the danger looming over our Motherland but also at fulfilling international duty, providing assistance to the peoples of Europe suffering under the yoke of fascist tyranny, and saving world civilization, evoked deep sympathy from the broad masses of workers in capitalist countries. They demanded that their governments establish unity of action with the Soviet Union.
Reactionary circles in the United States (Senator H. Truman, who later became President of the USA) and England (D. Moore-Brabazon — then Minister of Aviation Industry) cynically stated that the best outcome of the war on the Eastern Front would be the mutual exhaustion of the forces of Germany and the USSR, after which they could dictate their terms for peace.
However, under the pressure of the military situation and the demands of democratic public opinion, in the very first days of the war, the governments of England and the USA publicly declared their readiness to support the Soviet Union in the war against Germany. On July 12, 1941, an agreement was signed in Moscow between the governments of the USSR and Great Britain "On Joint Actions in the War Against Germany." On August 2, 1941, the US government announced its readiness to provide economic assistance to the Soviet Union, and on June 11, 1942, a Soviet-American agreement "On Principles Applicable to Mutual Assistance in Waging War Against Aggression" was signed in Washington. Thus, the foundation for the creation of the anti-Hitler coalition was laid. Soon, the émigré governments of the countries occupied by the fascists joined it. In the first half of 1942, the military-political alliance of the USSR, the USA, and England was legally formalized, and the creation of the anti-Hitler coalition of three powers was completed. Its vanguard, leading, and decisive force became the Soviet Union.
Kyrgyzstan During the Great Patriotic War
