Question: who won the war on the eastern front
Answer: Berlin sky ; German Tiger I tanks during the Battle of Kursk ; German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front , December 1943 ; Killings of Jews by German Einsatzgruppen in Ukraine ; Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender ; Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad Date 22 June 1941 ( 1941 - 06 - 22 ) -- 25 May 1945 ( 1945 - 05 - 25 ) ( 3 years , 11 months and 3 days ) Location Europe east of Germany : Central and Eastern Europe , in later stages Germany and Austria Result Soviet victory Soviet Union occupies Central , Eastern , Northeastern and Southeastern Europe and establishes pro-Soviet communist puppet governments in countries including Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Poland , Romania , and Eastern Germany .