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Nazi invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland by Germany was when the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent of Germany bombed Poland which marked the start of World War II in Europe. -
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WWII
orld War II, one the darkest periods in the history of the world, raged from 1939 to 1945 and involved almost the entire world. Countries were destroyed, created or changed forever. Fifty million people lost their lives between 1939 and 1945 and hundreds of millions more suffered injuries and wounds. -
President Roosevelt declares 'limited national emergency
The US remains neutral but president Roosevelt declares 'limited national emergency due to the war in Europe -
Russia-Finland war ends.
It convinces Hitler that the Russian military is ineffective.
war between Finland and the Soviet Union. After World War II broke out in Sept., 1939, the USSR, never on cordial terms with Finland, took advantage of its nonaggression pact (Aug., 1939) with Germany to make several far-reaching demands on Finland. -
Italy declares war on the collapsing France and on Britain.
On June 10, 1940 the dictator of Italy declared war on France and Great Britain. This was the right desicion the right move for Italy. Great Britain and France are being defeated by the Germans at the attle of Flanders. -
After military clashes
Japan and Russia sign non-aggression pact.During World War II, representatives from the Soviet Union and Japan sign a five-year neutrality agreement. Although traditional enemies, the nonaggression pact allowed both nations to free up large numbers of troops occupying disputed territory in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia to be used for more pressing purposes -
US troops begin to arrive in Britain
The US troops arrived in britain and were ready to set war -
The German spring offensive in southern Russia begins.
The German spring offensive in southern Russia begins. Stalin forbids further Russian retreats, at any cost . -
Italy surrenders.
The German forces in northern and central Italy occupy it -
D-Day.
American, British, Canadian forces invade France at the beaches of Normandy -
The first atomic bomb dropped on japan
The decision to drop the atomic bomb was not a group decision, in the end president Harry S. Truman made it. Among the president's senior military commanders most felt that a massive invasion of Japan would probably be necessary to end the war, although each service still wanted to claim ultimate victory for itself.
