[["It was September 1941. Adolf Hitler had launched the World War II invasion of the Soviet Union in June, and the Germans surrounded Kyiv on Sept. 16. Three days later the city fell.", 23.0], ["The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a huge encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev (Kyiv) during World War II. Ran from 7 August to 26 September 1941, as part of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.\n", 12.0]]
in world war two did the germans get to kiev
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