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Germany invades Poland
On this day, Germany bombarded Poland by infiltrating from air and land. their goal was to reclaim land that was lost and to gain control over Poland. They used bombings to destroy modes of communication and links between areas. The Polish forcesmade many miscalculations which heavily weakened them. Once Germany had established bases, Hitler formed security forces to destroy all enimies of the nazis. Britain responded with bombing raids over Germany 3 days after. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
in response to Hitler's attack on Poland, Britain and France went to war against germany. The first casualty of this battle was the british cruize liner, athenia, which was sunk by a German submarine who assumed the ship was armed. 1100 people were on board. Britain dropped anti-nazi propaganda pamphlets over Germany as revenge. -
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain after Chamberlain was out due to a lack of confidence in his leadership. in 1938, Chamberlain signed the Munich pact which gave Czechoslovakia over to Germany and was promised peace but when Germany invaded Poland, britain battaled against them but were ill-equipped for saving europe from the nazis. -
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Evacuation of Dunkirk
Also known as Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk was the evactuation of allied soldiers from the beach of Dunkirk in France -
Italy enters war on side of Axis powers
there were two main powers, the allies and axis. axis was made up of Japan, Italy and Germany. Germany dominated over most of continental Europe. Italy dominated over the Mediterranean Sea. Japan dominated over East Asia and the Pacific. -
France signs armistice with Germany
The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 18:36 in France, by the top military officials of Nazi Germany and more junior representatives from the French Third Republic. -
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Battle of Britain
in summer, Britain and Germany clashed in the skies over the UK. the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe couldnt gain air superiority over the RAF even after months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and, ultimately, its civilian population. -
Tripartite Pact signed.
also known as the Berlin Pact. it was an agreement between Japan, Italy and Germany. The pact was signed in Berlin by Adolf Hitler, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburō Kurusu. -
Operation Sea Lion
This was the Nazi's plan to invade Britain in WW2. The operation needed air and naval superiority over the English Channel, neither of which the Germans eversucceeded at gaining during or after the Battle of Britain. Sea Lion was postponed on 17 September 1940 and never carried out. -
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Seige of tobruk
the seige of Tobruk lasted for 241 days. It took place in Lybia, after the axis powers moved on with the sonnenblume operation. at the end of the siege, torbruk was relieved by the 8th army. -
Operation Barbarossa
This was the Nazi's invasion of the Solviet Union. Hitler authorized an invasion of the Soviet Union for a start date of 15 May 1941, but this was not met, instead, the invasion began on 22 June 1941. about four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded the Soviet Union. The Germans occupied some of the most important areas of the Soviet Union, mainly in Ukraine, both inflicting and sustaining heavy casualties. -
The bombing of Pearl harbour
it was a surprise military attack by the japanese army against the US navel base in pearl harbour. the bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. The attack lasted for 2 hours. it was quick but very devistating. this ld to the Us joining WW2 -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
following the pearl harbour attacks on the pervious day, President Roosevelt declared war against japan and the other axis powers. the american congress approved this action with just one vote. “Yesterday,” President Roosevelt said on December 8, “the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.” He went on to say, “No matter now long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory." -
Japan take Singapore
Following the fall of the British colony in singapore, Japan occupied it after defeating the combined forces of Australia, Britain, malay and india. Singapore was renamed to syonan-to, meaning land of the light. singapore was bought back under british rule in 1945 -
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Battle of Midway
only six months after the pear harbour attacks, the us defeated the japanese navy near midway atoll and inflicted unrepearable damage on the japanese forces. -
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First battle of El Alamein
the battle of the Western Desert campaign of the second world war, fought on the northern coast of egypt. This battlle was between the axis forces and the allied forces. the axis forces were based dangerously close to the cities of egypt yet they were too far away from their base in tripoli to sustain supplies. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
In this battle, the Nazis and their allies fought againt the Soviet Union to gain control over the city of Stalingrad. With direct attacks on civillians, this battle has been regarded as one of the bloodiest battles in history. Luftwaffe bombings destroyed most ofthe cty into rubble. Both sides continued to bring in reinforcements. In November, the Axis powers army was cornered and surrounded. Hitler ordered them to remain in captivity and supplied the army by air. -
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Second battle of El Alamein.
this battle took place near the egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. after the first battle where the axis' were stopped from advancing further into egypt they couldnt go on. the allies were victorious. -
D-Day Landings
The Normandy landings was the operation of the allied invasion of Normandy during WW2.This was the largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German occupied north western Europe from Nazi control. Leading up to the invasion, conducted Operation Bodyguard to mislead the Germans of the date and location of the main bases. -
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Battle of the Bulge
the battle of the buldge was a german offensive operation. Located in the Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium,, this battle was a surprise attack that caught the allied powers off guard. The US force copped the most of this attack and had the most casualties -
Mussolini captured and executed.
The Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini was captured by Italian partisans along wife his mistress and other associates. the bodies of the killed were taken to Milan and put on display. One lady shot 5 shots into Mussolini's body and shouted: "Five shots for my five assassinated sons!" The bodies included former general secretary of the Fascist Party, Roberto Farinacci and Carlo Scorza, former secretary of the party. -
Hitler commits suicide
On this day, inside his underground bunker, Adolf Hitler consumed a cyanide capsule and then shot himself with a pistol as his "1000 year reich" colapsed. The bunker contained 18 self sufficient rooms with electrical and water supply. At his side was his wife of two-days and his dog, called Blondie. Him and his wife took the cyanide capsules that were tested for effectiveness on his dog and its pups beforehand. Hitler took his life after hearing of the Russian troops who were only a day away. -
German forces surrender
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V.E day
Victory in Europe day was a public holiday to mark the surrender of the Nazis WW2 forces. After Hitler commited suicide on April 30th, his successor authorised the surrender. The act of surrendor was signed in france on the 7th of may and in germany on the 8th. On this day, celebration erupted through the world. More than a million people marched the streets in celebration of the end of the european part of WW2. In America, celebrations also took place. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The US was the first force to use atomic weaponry in the war. on this day, they an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It has been said that the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, but it was also what started the cold war. Since 1940, the US had been developing an atomic weapon, after having been warned by Albert Einstein that Nazis were already researching into nuclear weapons. The bomb immediately killed 80,000 people. -
Soviet union declares war on Japan
This war began with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. The Soviets and Mongolians terminated Japanese control of Manchukuo. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Three days after the Hiroshima attack, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing nearly 40,000 more people. A few days later, Japan announced its surrender. -
Japanese surrender- end of WW2
The surrender of Japan was signed on this day which bought WW2 to a close. The UK and China and the US called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese forces in the Potsdam Declaration, the alternative being "prompt and utter destruction". -
United Nations is born
The united nations was born in order to provide world peace and to negotiate confilct amongst the world. This new organistation was the save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and to promote social progress and better standards of larger in life freedom. The charter was to respect equal rights and self determination of all people. The principles of the Charter were created at a conference in San Francisco.
