jun 22, 1941 - Operation Barbarossa Nazi military campaign to invade Soviet Russia, 3 million German troops invade Soviet Russia. This broke the German-Soviet non-aggression pact that was made in 1939. The fact that the Soviets beat the German troops in the campaign was a signal of a turning point in the war.
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jun 22, 1941
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~ 84 years ago