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World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
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1939–1945 global conflict
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German state from 1933 to 1945
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Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
1939–1945 client state of Nazi Germany
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Invasion of Poland
German, Soviet, and Slovak attack at the beginning of World War II
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