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Nazi Germany invaded Poland
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France and UK declared war on Germany
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the Phoney War
It was a period of war without conflicts (with a few exception, the Battle of Norway for exemple) -
The URSS invaded Poland
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the Battle of the River Plate
The first major naval encounter of WWII -
Churchill became the British prime minister
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the Battle of France
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Operation Dynamo
also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, it was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France -
Paris captured by the nazis
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French signed the Armistice
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the Battle of Britain
It was a military campaign of the Second World War, the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces -
the Tripartite pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan
The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940. It was a defensive military alliance.