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  1. May 7, 2015 · But the second front helped to speed up the victory over Germany, which in turn helped save the lives of many Soviet soldiers. Alexey Isaev is a historian who specializes in World War II and is ...

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  2. Second Front. The opening of hostilities by US and UK forces on the mainland of Europe in World War II, when the Allies returned to confront the Germans after the fall of France. The First Front (a term not used) was that on which the Soviet Union fought the Axis Powers in the east. From 1941 the Soviet government pressed for an early opening ...

  3. Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Rotterdam after the Blitz, German Heinkel He 111 planes during the Battle of Britain, Allied paratroopers during Operation Market Garden, American troops running through Wernberg, Germany, Siege of Bastogne, American troops landing at Omaha Beach during Operation Overlord

  4. The Second Front. From 1942 to 1944 one subject dominated Allied strategic debate - the creation of a Second Front in Europe. During these years, the Soviet Union single-handedly resisted a massive German invasion. Stalin demanded his allies strike at the heart of Hitler's empire in northwest Europe, establishing a "second front."

  5. The Second Front (Vtoroy front) was the term usaed in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 for the Western European front, which Britain and the United States pledged to open in Europe back in ...

  6. Jun 6, 2014 · The second front was created amidst a complex geopolitical game in which the Allies looked far ahead and, even at the beginning of the war, were trying out the new post-war world roles for their ...

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  8. Jan 17, 2006 · The Second Front: Directed by Dmitriy Fiks. With Craig Sheffer, Todd Field, Svetlana Metkina, Ron Perlman. In the midst of World War 2, intelligence services from England, Germany and Russia collided in a fierce fight for the mind of Nicky Raus, a genius German Jewish scientist who has been developing a powerful state-of-the-art secret weapon.