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Photos: How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine compares to scenes from World War II

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People shelter inside the Dorohozhychi subway station in Kyiv, March 2.
People shelter inside the Dorohozhychi subway station in Kyiv, March 2. EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY
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Londoners sleep on the platform and on the train tracks at Aldwych Underground station, London, during heavy all night Nazi bombing raids, Oct. 8, 1940.
Londoners sleep on the platform and on the train tracks at Aldwych Underground station, London, during heavy all night Nazi bombing raids, Oct. 8, 1940. AP
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Russian armored vehicles at the railway station in Rostov, Russia, Feb. 23.
Russian armored vehicles at the railway station in Rostov, Russia, Feb. 23. EPA/STRINGER
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German railroad low loaders with brand new tanks on the way to the Eastern front, 1943.
German railroad low loaders with brand new tanks on the way to the Eastern front, 1943. ullstein bild via Getty Images
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People wait at the platform for an evacuation train at the main railway station in Kyiv, March 5.
People wait at the platform for an evacuation train at the main railway station in Kyiv, March 5. EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE
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Crowds waiting for trains at a station in Helsinki, Finland on March 11, 1939 during the evacuation of the the Finnish capital.
Crowds waiting for trains at a station in Helsinki, Finland on March 11, 1939 during the evacuation of the the Finnish capital. AP
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Residents of Irpin flee heavy fighting via a destroyed bridge as Russian forces entered the city on March 7.
Residents of Irpin flee heavy fighting via a destroyed bridge as Russian forces entered the city on March 7. Getty Images/Chris McGrath
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Families struggle to cross the damaged bridge at Tangermunde bombed by the Germans during World War II.
Families struggle to cross the damaged bridge at Tangermunde bombed by the Germans during World War II. Hulton Deutsch/Getty Images
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Photo shared on Twitter by the Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs show people at a train station after an air strike in the Zhytomyr region.
Photo shared on Twitter by the Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs show people at a train station after an air strike in the Zhytomyr region. Twitter/@MVS_UA
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German refugees wait to board a train at Klingenthal station in Czechoslovakia in Sept. 1938. The German-speaking Czechs are fleeing Sudetenland to a refugee camp in Germany.
German refugees wait to board a train at Klingenthal station in Czechoslovakia in Sept. 1938. The German-speaking Czechs are fleeing Sudetenland to a refugee camp in Germany. AP
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A mother and daughter fleeing war-torn Ukraine wait to cross into Poland at the Korczowa crossing on March 2.
A mother and daughter fleeing war-torn Ukraine wait to cross into Poland at the Korczowa crossing on March 2. Getty Images/Sean Gallup
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A young French girl clings to her mother in May 1940 as French civilians flee the German Army offensive in the north of France.
A young French girl clings to her mother in May 1940 as French civilians flee the German Army offensive in the north of France. AFP via Getty Images
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Destroyed buildings in Irpin, Ukraine, March 3.
Destroyed buildings in Irpin, Ukraine, March 3. Getty Images/Chris McGrath
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The Russians set fires and exploded charges in buildings, so that Hitler's army should have no winter quarters in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 11, 1941.
The Russians set fires and exploded charges in buildings, so that Hitler’s army should have no winter quarters in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 11, 1941. AP
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Service members of pro-Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 1.
Service members of pro-Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 1. Reuters/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
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Soldiers keep warm near an open fire in the Pinsk Marshes, Feb. 1944.
Soldiers keep warm near an open fire in the Pinsk Marshes, Feb. 1944. Berliner Verlag / Archiv/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
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A Ukrainian soldier returns from wandering down the railway, past the bodies of dead Russian soldiers on the outskirts of Irpin, March 1.
A Ukrainian soldier returns from wandering down the railway, past the bodies of dead Russian soldiers on the outskirts of Irpin, March 1. Marcus Yam/ Los Angeles Times / Polaris
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US troops liberating the French town of Cherbourg pass a dead German soldier on the pavement June 3, 1944.
US troops liberating the French town of Cherbourg pass a dead German soldier on the pavement June 3, 1944. Getty Images/Keystone
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A police officer says goodbye to his son as his family flees from advancing Russian troops in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, March 8.
A police officer says goodbye to his son as his family flees from advancing Russian troops in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, March 8. Reuters/THOMAS PETER
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A soldier home on leave from the British Expeditionary Force, says goodbye to his baby son at the evacuation point, June 1940.
A soldier home on leave from the British Expeditionary Force, says goodbye to his baby son at the evacuation point, June 1940. Getty Images/Topical Press Agency