The Holocaust - Germany and Romania invaded the Soviet Union
Time: Sunday Jun 22, 1941
Place: U.S.S.R.
Details: Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, a day Timothy Snyder called "one of the most significant days in the history of Europe ... the beginning of a calamity that defies description".
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