How many Great Patriotic Wars did Russia have?

Russia has a great patriotic war, generally referring to the Soviet-German war (the war between the Soviet Union and Germany during World War II). At that time, the Soviet Union had not disintegrated, and Russia existed as a federation and was a part of the Soviet Union.

The Soviet-German War was a war launched by the Soviet Union to resist the aggression of Nazi Germany and its vassal countries during the Second World War. It is an important part of the world anti-fascist war, and it is also the battlefield with the largest scale, the fiercest fighting and the heaviest casualties in the Second World War.

This war made the Soviet Union completely defeat and destroy the powerful Nazi German fascist regime with great sacrifices, made indelible contributions to the victory of the world anti-fascist war, rewritten the post-war world pattern, and the Soviet Union became a superpower.

The process of Russia's patriotic war;

194 1 On June 22nd, Nazi Germany tore up the Treaty of Non-Aggression between the Soviet Union and Germany (Molotov-ribbentrop Treaty) and collaborated with the vassal countries of Hungary, Romania and Finland to draw up a plan code-named "Barbarossa" in advance. Assembled 190 division * * * 5.5 million people, 4,900 planes, 3,700 tanks, 47,000 cannons and 190 warships, divided into three army groups, launched blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union from the north, middle and south directions, and the Soviet Patriotic War broke out in an all-round way.

At the beginning of the war, due to the sudden attack of fascism, the Soviet army was defeated all the way. Until the Battle of Stalingrad broke out in June 1942, the German attack was frustrated, and the two sides were deadlocked in eastern Ukraine, with each other winning or losing. With tenacious fighting spirit and perseverance, as well as increasing manpower and material resources, the Soviet army gradually took the initiative. 1In August, 943, the last strategic offensive of the German army on the Eastern Front was defeated in the Battle of Kursk, and it entered the stage of strategic counterattack.

After that, the Soviet army launched a strategic offensive, recovered all the land and liberated many countries in Eastern Europe from fascist rule. Finally, 1945 captured Berlin, the capital of Germany. At 0: 30 on May 9, the German government signed an unconditional surrender in Berlin, which took effect immediately, thus ending the Great Patriotic War and marking the end of World War II in Europe.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Soviet-German War.