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Invasion of Poland
Hitler led the Germans to invade Poland because he wanted to live there. They killed over 65000 poles and Jews to invade Poland. -
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Rescue at Dunkirk
Tons of British troops were on the beach of Dunkirk and the British air forces were able to intercept German bombers. This saved about 340000 people, but it was a lost battle for the allies. -
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The London Blitz
German planes flew over London dropping bombs, destroying over 11000 homes, and killing about 1500 people. The Germans did this all but 2 days during this time period, ending in a victory for Europe due to their outlasting of the bombs -
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Stalingrad
Russia had exhausted the German army of ammunition and food after the long battle. This cause Hitler's first field army to surrender and start to change the tide of the war.