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Eastern Front (Wwii)/rewriteThe Eastern Front of World War II is the name given to the theatre of war in Eastern Europe, Karelia and the Balkans from 1939 to 1945. Italian invasion of Albania, 1939 Main article: ? Italy invaded Albania on 1939-04-07. Conquest and partition of Poland, 1939 Main article: Polish September Campaign The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939 had established a non-agression agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, and a secret protocol described how Poland and the Baltic countries would be divided between them. The Polish September Campaign of 1939 began with the German invasion of western Poland on 1939-09-01. The Polish army could not withstand the German armoured blitzkrieg and numerical superiority and fell back toward the southeast. The Soviet Union entered eastern Poland on 1939-09-17 under the pretext of protecting Belorussians and Ukrainians. Surrounded by enemies, the Polish government went into exile in France (later the United Kingdom). The war ended on 1939-10-06. The Polish war caused the United Kingdom and France to declare war on Germany. Soviet conquest of Bessarabia, 1939 Main article: ??? Soviet occupation of the Baltic, 1940 Main article: Occupation of Baltic Republics Winter War, 1939–1940 Main article: Winter War Axis occupation of the Balkans, 1940–1941 Main article: ??? Italy invaded Greece from Albania on 1940-10-28, but Greek counterattacks starting on 1940-11-14 drove them out. Both sides appealed for help to their allies; forces of the British Commonwealth were sent to Greece but the German invasion on 1941-03-27 drove them out with heavy losses. The Greek government was evacuated to Egypt and the country was secured by the Axis Powers by 1941-06-01. In Yugoslavia on 1941-03-27 a coup d'tat by Army General Dusan Simovic had seized control from pro-Nazi-German Regent Prince Pavle. Germany invaded on 1941-04-06. Continuation War, 1941–1945 Main article: Continuation War German-Soviet War, 1941–1945 Main article: ??? Yugoslav Civil War, ???
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