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World War II in Europe began when Hitler's Nazi Germany attacked Poland.
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This was an act of the Second World War. The German Air Force attacks.
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Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II.
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It was also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor. Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. They destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels.
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It was only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater.
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Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
