On June 22
On June 22, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Operation Barbarossa: German invasion of the Soviet Union (1941).
On this day
On 22 June 1941 Germany and its Axis allies launched Operation Barbarossa, invading the Soviet Union along a front of roughly 2,900 km with more than three million troops.
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On 24 June 1948 the Soviet Union blockaded all rail, road and water routes into the Western-controlled sectors of Berlin, which lay deep inside the Soviet occupation zone of Germany.
On 23 June 2016 the United Kingdom held a referendum on its membership of the European Union, and voters chose to leave by 51.9% to 48.1%, with about 17.4 million votes for Leave against 16.1 million for Remain on a turnout of 72.2%.