Today in World War II History—June 27, 1941

Children in a bomb shelter, Minsk, Byelorussia, 24 Jun 1941 (Russian International News Agency)

75 Years Ago—June 27, 1941: Hungary declares war on USSR.

Germans surround Bialystok-Minsk pocket.

Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia appoints Marshal Tito as Commander-in-Chief of Yugoslavian People’s Army.