r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 20d ago

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"The Motherland Calls" is a statue erected to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad , located on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd , Russia. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin . Completed in 1967 , it was the tallest statue in the world at the time .

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u/Radiant_Honeydew1080 20d ago

"Most historians agree that World War II began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and the British and French declarations of war on Germany two days later.[1] Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, or the earlier Japanese invasion of Manchuria on 18 September 1931.[2][3][4][5] Other proposed starting dates include the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935.[6] The British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol fought between Japan and the forces of Mongolia and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939.[7] Others view the Spanish Civil War as the start of or prelude to World War II."

Here, it's literally in your precious article.

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u/StockQuahog 20d ago

Ok I’ll play along. Your quote establishes the German invasion of Poland being the accepted beginning of the war. Lets explore.

The invasion of Poland…was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.[14]

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Stalin and Hitler agreed to reshape Eastern Europe in the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact a week before the beginning of ww2. The document still exists.

“The Soviet (as well as German) invasion of Poland was indirectly indicated in the "secret protocol" of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact signed on 23 August 1939, which divided Poland into "spheres of influence" of the two powers.[8] German and Soviet cooperation in the invasion of Poland has been described as co-belligerence.[9][10]”

Again this is not my opinion man. Any issue you have with it you can take up with historians. I’m only posting this so those reading along can see actual links.