During the period from 1939 to 1945, the Allies released a total of 3.4 million tons of bombs, averaging around 27,700 tons per month.
Russia and the Red Army faced huge allegations of war crimes. These accusations included over 2 million German women aged 13 to 70 being raped.
Even after the surrender, concentration camp prisoners remained helpless. In Bergen-Belsen, 13,000 prisoners perished post-liberation, and within six weeks of being freed, nearly 2,500 of the 33,000 survivors of Dachau also died.
On August 23, 1939, the Nazi-Soviet Pact was signed, dividing central-eastern Europe between Germany and the USSR and setting the stage for the German invasion of Poland.
The once-mighty French Army heavily depended on the Maginot Line for their defense. However, Germany bypassed it and advanced through the dense forest of Ardennes in northern Luxembourg and southern Belgium.