Discuss the importance of the soviet union in world war ii.

They were working with German and made a deal with them until Germany betrayed them leading to the Soviet Union (or Russia) to join forces with the allies to fight Italy, Germany, and Japan. Better known as the Axis powers. [The the U.S and the Soviet Union started to disagree leading to the cold war].

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.