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the beginning
Germany invades Poland, World War 2 begins. -
LNE
The US remains neutral but president Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency". -
british intelligence
The first German Enigma messages are decoded by British intelligence -
R.A.F
Hitler changes the Luftwaffe's objective from destroying the Royal Air Force to bombing London. This allows the R.A.F to recover and win the battle of Britain -
Stoping by Moscow
To provide better time perspective of the German advances and stops in the direction of Moscow, the timeline related to it is marked in bold. The German failure to take Moscow marks the main turning point of the war. -
hitler
Hitler sends Rommel and the Afrika Korps to help the Italians in North Africa -
Invasion on Russia
Germany invades Russia. Hitler orders "maximum cruelty" against civilians, which results in fanatic Russian resistance -
the greatest mistake
Hitler, eager to occupy the rich Ukraine first, orders to stop army group Center's advance to Moscow and to transfer its two tank armies to army groups "North" and "South". This is perhaps Hitler's greatest mistake. The German Generals argue in vain against it. -
Heading to Moscow
Hitler orders to resume the advance to Moscow, in order to take it "in the limited time before winter". Army group "Center", is given back its two tank armies, plus a third tank army and additional air units -
freezing germans
With the mud frozen by the dropping temperatures, German advance to Moscow resumes. -
freezingness
At temperatures of -34C (-29F) and below, a major Russian counter attack near Moscow begins. Moscow is saved, and the Germans are pushed back. -
The turning point
With the German failure to defeat Russia, which is marked by their failure to take Moscow, and with the United States joining the war a day later, This date marks the main turning point of World War 2. -
The Japs bomb pearl harbor
pearl harbor memorialon December 7 1941, the japanese bombed pearl harbor soon. hundreads of boats were damaged and people killed. the country was devastated -
WAR
Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
commander in chief
Hitler orders "fanatic resistance" and appoints himself military commander-in-chief. -
germans
Hitler appoints General Guderian to chief of the army (OKH). The Marines land in Guam -
defeat
German defense in northern Italy finally collapse -
Mussolini, dead.
Mussolini is executed by the Italian resistance. The Allies liberate the Dachau death camp -
declarence of death
Adolf Hitler and his new wife commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin. He appoints Admiral Doenitz as his successor. -
the was, is finally over
Japan surrenders. World War 2 finally ends.
