The Moscow Battle of 1941-1942, which predetermined the collapse of the Third Reich: allied diplomacy, the "excuses" of the losers, military and political results

The article reveals the essence of the political situation that developed at the beginning of the Second World War, and shows the changes that took place in it after the attack of Nazi Germany on the USSR on June 22, 1941. The author of the article argues that the counteroffensive of the Red Army near Moscow on October 5, 1941 was natural the result of the mobilization of all the military, economic and human resources of the USSR to fight the enemy, a radical reorganization of Soviet plans to rebuff the enemy. An important role was played by the establishment of close contacts between the USSR and its allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition, which had positive political and diplomatic consequences. As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that the Soviet Union won its first strategic victory over Nazi Germany near Moscow, which predetermined the collapse of the Third Reich and the general outcome of the war in favor of the USSR and its allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition.

Battle for Moscow, Nazi Germany, Anti-Hitler Coalition, diplomatic consequences, first strategic victory, collapse of the Third Reich