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Article states the following "At 03:15 on 22 June 1941, 99 of 190 German divisions, including fourteen panzer divisions and ten motorized, were deployed against the Soviet Union from the Baltic to the Black Sea. They were accompanied by ten Romanian divisions, three Italian divisions, two Slovakian divisions and nine Romanian and four Hungarian brigades".

This is most certainly not true, because Hungary only declared war against the Soviet Union on June 27th and so couldn't have supplied any brigades for the original invasion 5 days before. The source for this I cannot review directly, as the reference points to an offline Russian book published in 1973. My source: https://web.archive.org/web/20160505212551/https://worldatwar.net/timeline/other/diplomacy39-45.html

Btw, in light of this error, it might generally be useful to review any other info sourced from the 1973 Russian book. As you might know, during the Soviet era, certain historical events really weren't publishe in th official histories as they actually had happened. I recommend Antony Beevor instead, he's got nice war books, and he's not publishing in a totalitarian state which was a direct participant in the conflict the page is about.

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Top 6 photos.Last photo to the right is a Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph.Photo not complete.Half of photo is missing.

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Without changing any content, I attempted to unify the citation style. I looked up and updated ISBN and OCL numbers. However, I was unable to verify some of the sources. Further assistance is appreaciated. Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 08:22, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request to add Switzerland to Supported By list for Axis forces

Swiss medical staff was sent to the eastern front from 1941 to 1943 to provide medical aid to Nazi forces behind the lines. Swiss medical units used the operation to gain more experience, particularly with blood transfusions.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Md7_H4IKk Pat J. McCarthy (talk) 03:09, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]