At the same time, Romania, Finland, Italy, Hungary and other countries also broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and declared war. They sent about 6.5438 million troops to participate in the invasion, and the situation around the Soviet Union suddenly deteriorated. Among them, Romania and Finland have the most active armies, and even hate the Soviet Union more than Germany. Why?
The combat effectiveness of the Romanian army is not flattering.
As Germany's "die-hard younger brother", Romania and the Soviet Union have been in constant disputes in history, which can be said to be unanimous anti-Soviet. Especially in 1940, the Soviet Union used Germany's deep battlefield in western Europe to force Romania to cede Pisa Bilaya and Bukovina. After sweeping the whole western Europe, Germany began to avenge the "little brother".
It turns out that Germany and Romania are good "friends" ideologically, and more than 90% of Germany's oil comes from this country. Seeing that the Soviet Union's hand has reached into Germany's sphere of influence and is in danger of breaking its "oil road", the German head of state decided to tear up the non-aggression treaty between the two countries, invade the Soviet Union and help the "younger brother" recover lost ground.
At the same time, Germany promised Romania to rule the territory of Ukraine until the Dnieper River, which made the relationship between the two countries closer. Therefore, on the issue of invading the Soviet Union, the exchanges between the two countries are the highest. Romania not only learned about the Barbarossa plan first, but also allowed German troops to station, and gathered about 350,000 people from the 14 Division to participate in the operation.
Together with the German army170,000, the number of Dro allied forces is about 500,000. However, this unit did not act at the same time as the large unit. Why? It turned out that their main task was to hold the oil field, and the Romanian army did not attack until the German group in the south effectively broke through. This shows the importance of oil fields to Germany.
Sure enough, shortly after the war broke out, the Soviet high command thought of destroying the strategic resources of the Germans, and Romanian oil fields bore the brunt. On this day, Soviet bombers attacked the refinery and destroyed nearly 10,000 tons of oil reserves. However, when the Dro allies launched an attack on the 360,000-strong army of the Soviet Union, it didn't go well.
Although the Dro Allied Forces recaptured Bukovina occupied by the Soviet Union, due to the lack of heavy equipment, the Soviet Union was beaten when retreating, and it could only advance more than ten kilometers every day. By the end of July, the Romanian army alone had lost more than 20,000 people, while the Soviet army had lost 1.8 million people. This was the only time at the beginning of the war that the Soviet Union lost less than the other side.
The Finnish army performed even worse.
Before the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, Finland, as a small country just independent from Russia, did not want to surrender to the Soviet Union or become a "follower" of Germany. The reason why I was willing to help the Germans invade the Soviet Union was mainly the Soviet-Finnish War, also known as the "Winter War", which broke out in 1939. After being defeated by the Soviet Union, it was forced to cede one-tenth of the land.
In Finland's view, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union is a good opportunity to regain lost ground. As a result, the two sides hit it off, but in order not to get involved in more troubles, Finland only promised to recover the cut-off territory, that is, "conditionally participate in the operation." To this end, Finland concentrated 650,000 combat troops to attack the Soviet Union with the Germans in the north.
The Germans tried their best to win Finland's participation in the attack, not only to seize Murmansk, the largest port of the Soviet Union in the Arctic Circle, to cut off its maritime traffic with Britain and the United States, but also to attack Leningrad as soon as possible. In addition, the nickel mine in Finland is an important strategic material for manufacturing high-quality alloy steel, and the Soviet Union also wants to own this mine very much.
Interestingly, the Finnish army lost 370,000 Soviet troops at the cost of 65,438+10,000 casualties in the winter war. In this battle, it did not achieve impressive results, but it was never able to conquer the Soviet positions with superior troops. It was not until half a year later, after the Soviet army voluntarily retreated, that Finland recovered the ceded territory.
It can be seen that the Finnish army, once known as the "super army" in the West, is not good at tackling difficulties. This battle was not only returned to its original shape, but also revealed its strength. The Soviets finally won back some fame. However, the Finns kept their promise before the war, and stopped moving when they reached the original border. They don't want to be used as guns by Germany.
Although the German servant army also attacked the Soviet Union, it had a strong purpose, and once it achieved its goal, it turned into a state of slack. This is especially true for the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Far East, and it is time to defeat the Soviet Union. However, to his disappointment, instead of transferring a single soldier, the Soviet army increased its strength to 654.38+0.2 million.
In a word, Germany's servant country's army seems aggressive, but they know that small countries' participation in the struggle of big countries will not have any good results, and it is just a stopgap measure in the face of interests. In the late period of the Soviet-German War, these small countries rebelled against Germany one after another, which is the best proof. Nevertheless, the Soviet Union did not let these small countries go after taking power.
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References: World War II and the Soviet-German War