6 avr. 1941 - Germany violates the German-Soviet Pact

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After securing the Balkan region by invading Yugoslavia and Greece the Germans and their allies invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in direct violation of the German-Soviet Pact. In June and July 1941, the Germans also occupied the Baltic states. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin then became a major wartime Allied leader, in opposition to Nazi Germany and its Axis allies.