Quote by patokl
Let me recap: WWII was a war between the AXIS powers and the Allied Forces, or the United Nations, as they called themselves back then. The AXIS consisted of Germany, Italy and Japan and the minor powers Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Thailand (and Yugoslavia, but only for two days, so I'll ignore them).
Italy deposed Mussolini and joined the Allied forces in 1943, Bulgaria sort of did the same in 1944, Hungary was defeated in 1944, Romania switched sides in 1944, Thailand threw out its government in a coup d'etat in 1944, and Germany and Japan capitulated in 1945. And with that, Second World War was over. The AXIS lost, the Allied Forces won.
Now you could argue, that one of the Allies gained more than the rest, but that doesn't mean the rest lost.
I said in real terms and even going by the agreed terms which were not kept a huge part of Europe was still invaded - by whom is irrelevant it was the war that allowed this to happen so the ending dictated who won (Stalin when advised they were in danger of breaking the agreement said that it didn't matter their troops were there and that's what really counted). Russia controlled a huge part of Europe and they were allowed to before the end of the war unlike Hitler who was stopped. So the way you would put it is Russia won the peace but I call a spade a spade the allies sold out and again betrayed Eastern Europe.