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Hitler nullifie the nazi-soviet pact
The pact that resulted from Adolf Hitler’s offer of a deal to Joseph Stalin in August 1939, more than any other, is one of the most controversial incidents in the history of twentieth-century diplomacy. This pact, more than any other single event, gave Hitler the green-light for war by freeing him from the likelihood of war on two fronts and thus, making his invasion of Poland inevitable -
Blitzkrieg
Nazi forces stormed into poland revealing enormous power of Hitlers blitzkrieg or lightning war. the blitzkrieg utilized improved tank and airpower technology to strike a devastating blow against the enemy -
Germany attacks Poland from teh West and Stalin attacks them from the East
while germany attacked the west side of poland, stalin attacked the east side. whithin a month poland ceased to exist -
Britaun adn France declare war on Germany
Since Poland was in a close range of france and britain, they had no choice but to declare war with the speed of the attacks -
Stalin takes over Baltic states adn part of Finland
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The Miracle of Dunkirk
Dunkirk was a naval vessel that picked up stranded troops from the shroes of the beach -
France fails to the Nazis
Hitler forced france to sign surrender agreements in a railroad car. he nown owned soutehrn france and used it as a "puupet state" with its capital called Vichy -
Operation Sea Lion
string of attacks along the southern coast of england -
the blitz
the string of bombings that hit london 57 nights in a row -
Mussolini adn Hiter invade north africa
cmmander rommel took over north afria pushing for cairo egypt -
itailian forces invade greece
the freco italian war lasted for more than a year. was a conflict between Italy and Greece, which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. It marked the beginning of the Balkan campaign of World War II and the initial Greek counter-offensive was the first successful land campaign against the Axis in the war.[7] The conflict known as the Battle of Greece began with the intervention of Nazi Germany on 6 April 1941. In Greece, it is known as the "War of '40"[8] and in Italy as the "War of Gree -
operaration Barbarossa
operatuob barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War.Beginning on 22 June 1941, over four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 km (1,800 mi) front, the largest invasion in the history of warfare -
Germanys seige of Leningrad
in september leningrad wa sieged. teh people were ration and the poeple ate almost anything