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Aug 10, 2021 · Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about 1.5 million Jewish children and tens of thousands of Romani (Gypsy) children, 5,000–7,000 German children with physical and mental disabilities living in institutions, as well as many Polish children and children residing in the German-occupied Soviet Union.
Civilian casualties of the war in Donbas A mural of Ukrainian soldiers who died during the war in Donbas in 2014. The overall number of estimated deaths in the war in Donbas from 6 April 2014 to 31 December 2021 was 14,200–14,400. This included about 6,500 pro-Russian separatist fighters, 4,400 Ukrainian fighters, and 3,404 civilians.
The Blitz (September 7, 1940–May 11, 1941), bombing campaign undertaken by Nazi Germany against Britain during World War II. For eight months planes of the Luftwaffe dropped bombs on London and other strategic cities. The offensive came to be called the Blitz after the German word ‘blitzkrieg,’ meaning ‘lightning war.’.
Feb 22, 2023 · The city of Warsaw, capital of Poland, flanks both banks of the Vistula River. A city of 1.3 million inhabitants, Warsaw was the capital of the resurrected Polish state in 1918. Before World War II, the city was a major center of Jewish life and culture in Poland.
Feb 24, 2022 · It is not clear how many Ukrainian soldiers have died during the Russian invasion. ... at least 368,000 people have now fled Ukraine into Poland and other neighbouring countries in the wake of ...
On 1 April, Yuriy Ruf, a poet, was killed while fighting Russian forces in Luhansk. [23] On 7 April, Oleksii Yanin, former world kick-boxing champion, was killed in battle in Mariupol. [24] On 20 April, Ivan Bidnyak, a silver medalist at the European Shooting Championships, was killed in action in Kherson Oblast.
Soviet expansion in 1939–1940. After the Soviet invasion of Poland on 17 September 1939, in accordance with the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact the Soviet forces were given freedom over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, an important aspect of the agreement to the Soviet government as they were afraid of Germany using the three states as a corridor to get close to Leningrad.
