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Soviet troops invaded Poland from the East which made Polish defense doomed
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Soviet Union invaded Finland; Karelia was ceded, but the Red Army suffered heavy, unproportional casualties.
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Nazi Germany invaded USSR despite non-aggression pact, the effects were catastrophic
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Led to the fall of Kyiv and biggest encirclement in history
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Germans could not take the city but cut all the communications with the mainland. Led to numerous civilians' deaths
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A decisive battle of 1941, Wehrmacht could not crush Soviet defense of the capital.
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Initiated by Germans to get access to Caucasian oil reserves, but this goal was never reached
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Biggest battle of the Eastern front and a decisive Soviet victory, Field marshal von Paulus and his troops were encircled.
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Battle between the Red Army and Wehrmacht which led to destruction of the city, and its occupation by the Soviets
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Last major German counter-offense attempt on the Eastern front
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Soviet troops storming Vienna and other Austrian territories
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Soviet troops storming the Berlin and taking control of the most important administrative buildings
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Hitler committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin after realizing the war is lost, not to get in hands of the Soviets
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After unconditional surrender of Germany the war in Europe ended