Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
The European theatre of World War II, lasting from September 1939 to May 1945, was one of two main theatres of combat during World War II, the other being the Pacific War. The combat in Europe resulted in at least 39 million deaths, and a dramatic change in the balance of power on the continent. The Allied powers, including the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and France, fought the Axis powers, including the fascist states of Nazi Germany and Italy, on multiple fronts: Western, Eastern, Scandinavian, and Mediterranean.
Germany, meanwhile, enacted the Holocaust, a genocide of six million Jews, within its vast occupied territories across Europe.
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Sources and further reading: Wikipedia — European theatre of World War II, Nazi Germany, False flag, Gleiwitz incident (CC BY-SA). Images: Wikimedia Commons.
