On June 22, Ukrainians pay tribute to those who fell victims of the World War II. The most intense and the bloodiest period of the war began in June 1941, when Nazi Germany attacked the USSR; the enemy troops simultaneously crossed the borders of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and some other the-then Soviet republics.
The Nazi-Soviet war lasted for almost four years, with the Red Army defeating the enemy on the European battle theatre in May 1945.
