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In 1939-1940, eastern Poland, [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Bessarabia]] were invaded and annexed by the Soviet Union.
In 1939-1940, eastern Poland, [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Bessarabia]] were invaded and annexed by the Soviet Union.
Approximately 6 million Poles were killed by the Nazis during World War II, amounting to around 1/5 of the prewar population, the largest percentage of any country.<ref>https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351638/second-world-war-share-total-population-loss/</ref> Poles were also the first victims of the Nazis' [[genocide]]s, having been targeted for physical extermination even before the [[blitzkrieg]] of 1 September 1, 1939 as proven by the Special Prosecution Book – Poland, which led to Operation Tannebnerg and the Intelligenzaktion. These predate the "Final Solution" for genociding [[Jews]].<ref>https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-final-solution</ref>
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