In December of 1941, the US was in World War Two based on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war against the US. On a defacto basis, the Soviet Union joined the Second World War when in conjunction with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union Union violated the border with Poland and occupied the western half of Poland. The Soviets at the same time were conducting a war with Finland. Stalin was forced to be an "ally" with the US and Great Britain when Hitler attacked the USSR earlier in 1941.
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The U.S. and russia would have been at a stalemate because Russia's army is bigger but poorly equiped and we had a huge air force compared to them. Also if we did fight, Germany would have helped us as well as many other countries such as Britain and France.
"We" as in the US were friendly with "Russia" (as opposed to the Soviet Union) and provided military assistance during the Russian civil war, November 1917 to October 1922. Let it be noted that while the state of Russia was part of the USSR, and the US and Soviets were allies during WW2, they were not friends, as those who became the USSR were the opposition during the previously mentioned Russian civil war, and "Russia" was not technically the nation but part of the larger Soviet Union.
Germany was in WW2
The Allies defeat the Central Powers. Axis refers to much the same, at least as far as Germany goes in WW2. Britain, France, Russia & later the US fight against Germany, that is common to both world wars.
Communist Russia, the largest allied force of ww2 fought the axis extensivly. More Russian soldiers died then any other county's men.