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Nazi invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland by Germany marked the beginning of World War Two. Poland after trying to stop Germany from invading surrened and was taken and divided between Germany and The Soviet Union. -
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WWII
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The Battle of Britain air campaign begins
The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF starting in July ending in September. Their ultimate failure was one of the turning points of World War Two and prevented Germany from ever invading Britain. -
The final German attack towards Moscow begins
Also known as Operation Typhoon. This final phase to take Moscow failed because of the harsh Russian winters. Germany eventually had to back out of Moscow, when the Russians attacked. -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
This was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. It was meant to keep the US from interfering with the military actions Japan was going to make against the over seas territories of some of the Allies. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Miday is thought to be the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The United States Navy defeated a Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet. -
The battle of Kursk begins
This battle remains both the largest series of armored clashes, and the costliest single day of aerial warfare. It was fought between Germany and Russia/Soviet Union. With the Red army winning. -
D-Day
Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded. -
The Russians liberate the Auschwitz death camp
The Soviets liberated Auschwitz, the largest extermination and concentration camp. Soviet soldiers found only several thousand emaciated prisoners alive when they entered the camp. There was abundant evidence of mass murder in Auschwitz. -
The Allies liberate the Buchenwald death camp
The Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated by four soldiers in the US Third Army, Just before the Americans arrived, the camp had already been taken over by the Communist prisoners who had killed some of the guards and forced the rest to flee into the nearby woods. -
First atomic bomb dropped on Japan
the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration.The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum. By executive order of President Truman, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb.
