. "* 6,724,000 troops" . . "----Axispuppet states" . . . "* The beginning of theGreek Civil War." . . . . . . . . . "----Co-belligerents" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland and other allies, which encompassed Northern, Southern and Central and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945."@en . . . . "1941" . . . . . . . . . . "* Soviet Union occupies Eastern Europe and establishes pro-Soviet Communist governments in countries including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany." . . "Axis powers" . "----Aerial role only" . . . . . . . . "Seebelow" . . "* 1,960,000 troops" . . "Bulgaria(from 1944)" . "* Establishment of theFederal People's Republic of Yugoslavia." . "Eastern Front"@en . "* Beginning of theCold Warand the creation of theIron Curtain." . . . . . . "Tuva(until 1944)" . . . . . . "(until 1944)" . . . . "Czechoslovakia(from 1943)" . "Allies" . . . "----Former Axis powers or co-belligerents" . . . . . . . . . . "1943" . . "Decisive Allied victory, end of World War II in Europe (concurrently with theWestern Front), destruction of Nazi Germany" . . "United States(1944)" . . "Yugoslavia(from 1944)" . . . "Free France(1943\u201345)" . . "1941-06-22Z"^^ . "* 3,767,000 troops" . . "* 2,680,000 troops" . . . "* 6,410,000 troops" . . . . . "(from 1944)" . "* 3,933,000 troops" . . . . . . . . . "1945" . . . . "United Kingdom(1941)" . "Poland" . . "(until 1943)" . .