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German's invade Poland
was the day that Adolf Hitler wanted to expan teritory by invading polland, which became the start of the second world war.
it happened on the 1st of September 1939. and germany whiped out Poland because Poland didn't have very good defence. -
Britan and France declare war on Germany
Brittan and France declared war on Germany because they had sort of an aliance with the poles and had sworn to defend them. which made things tougher for germany because they had another country to fight. France was only in it for a period of time before the nazi's took over france though. -
Operation Sea Lion
planned for 1940, operation sea lion was germany's planned attack to invade Brittan after France was defeated.
For any likelihood of success the operation required both air and naval superiority over the English Channel, neither of which the Germans ever achieved during or after the Battle of Britain. Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely on 17 September 1940, but never took place. -
Churchill becomes Prime minister of Brittan
he was appointed at the start of the world war because of his military knowledge and because he quickly gained the popularity of the people of brittan. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
From May 26 - June 4 1940
code name: opperation Dynamo
was when the brittish retreated of the shores of dunkirk, laving all their gear behind on the beach and fled back to brittan via the english chanel -
Italy entres war on side of axis powers
italy saw that the germans were winning so they thought they could join in on the winning but not participate. yet still take some of the credit -
France signs armistice with Germany
was when France surrendered to germany because they where begining to become to undermaned to fight -
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Battle of Brittan
also known as 'the air air battle for england' because it was where the Germans ingaged in this big air based battle with England.this was and still is the longest lastting air battle ever, to date. it was also the first battle to be faught entirely with aircrafts and air domminated. -
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seige of tobruk
was germany's first major defeat
was Australia holding of the German Blitzkreig
was faught in Lybia
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Operation Barborossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which began on 22 June 1941 -
Bombing of pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
this was the reaction to the bombing of pearl harbor -
Japan take singapore
as japan advanced they attacked singapore which was geavily gaurded with brittish troopes. but was only gaurded from the ocean. Japan won with an undermaned attack force because they didn't attack from sea, they attacked from land. -
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Battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific ocean. faught by Japan, US -
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the first battle of el alamein
The First Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces of the Panzer Army Africa -
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Battle of starlingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
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The second Battle of El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War -
D-day landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Japan surrenders - End of WWII
japan physically and mentaly couldn't keep fighting -
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battle of bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II -
mussollini captured and executed
The death of Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator, occurred on 28 April 1945, in the final days of World War II in Europe, when he was summarily executed by anti-fascist partisans in the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy. -
hitler commits suicide
he killed himself out of fear of what punishments he may face because of what he had done -
german forces surrender
they surrendered at starlingrad
The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945 -
V.E. day
victory in europe day -
atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima
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soviet union declare war on japan
The Soviets and Mongolians terminated Japanese control of Manchukuo, Mengjiang, northern Korea, Karafuto, and the Chishima Islands. The rapid defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army helped in the Japanese surrender and the termination of World War II -
atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki
to force japan to surrender -
the UN was born
On this day in 1945, the United Nations Charter, which was adopted and signed on June 26, 1945, is now effective and ready to be enforced
