Curated playlist
Eastern European theatre of World War II
- Continuation WarFinland fought beside Nazi Germany but insisted it was not an ally. Its leaders said "co-belligerent" instead.
- Slovak Republic (1939–1945)Slovakia's parliament voted unanimously to break from Czechoslovakia on the 14th of March 1939.
- Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)Hitler gave Czechoslovakia's president two choices: cooperate or face armed destruction.
- Romania in World War IIRomania lost much of its land in 1940 without firing a shot.
- Molotov–Ribbentrop PactHitler decided Stalin looked like a man he could do business with. Their 1939 pact split Eastern Europe in secret.
- Hungary in World War IIHungary in World War II ended the war with its borders pulled back to the lines that existed before 1938, after years of fighting as a member of the Axis powers. Every acre won through that alliance was handed back. The path to that…
- Winter WarIn the Winter War, a small Finland with almost no tanks held off the Soviet Union for three and a half months.
- Lapland WarIn the Lapland War, Finland fought its former German allies, though neither side truly wanted to.
- Slovak National UprisingSlovakia's own army turned on Germany in 1944. The Slovak National Uprising began inside a Nazi client state.
- Balkans campaign (World War II)Italy invaded Greece on the 28th of October 1940, and the failure pulled Hitler into the Balkans.
- Eastern Front (World War II)Ninety-nine German divisions crossed into Soviet territory before dawn on June 22, 1941. The Eastern Front began.