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Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler thretened to bomb the czech capital unless he had free passage of his troops into the country. He got it later that day ad started invading Czechoslovakia. -
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WW2 key dates
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Hitler invades Poland
German forces bombed Poland on both land and air. Hitler did this to get land back lost territory and ultimatly rule Poland. -
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was a way of fighting that the German's first in the attack on Poland in September 1939. Blitzkrieg was a way of war that used concentracted along a narrow front. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
In respone to Hitler's attack on Poland, Britain and France declared war on them. -
Dunkrik
Dunkirk was the evacution of thousands of troops at the beach of Dunkrik. Had it not been for this evaction of the troops the allies would have lost a good percentage of their troops. -
Italy enters the war on the Axis side
Italy entered the war on the side of the axis powers which involved Germany and Japan. -
Battle of Britian
The battle of Britian lasted from 12th August until September 4. Hitler aimed to try and take contorl of the air in southern Britian and was met with reistance from the RAF. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler launched a full attack on Russia trying to take over and rule the country. Over 3 million German troops where invloved in the attack. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was an attack on the U.S fleet of boats at Pearl Harbor. The attack whiped out nearly all of the U.S fleet. -
Britian and the US declare war on Japan
Britian and the US declare war on Japan in respone to their attack on Pearl Harbour. -
Japanese take Singapore
Japanese troops defat Singapore and the allies and take over Singapore. This is said to be one of the worst losses the British army had during the war. -
Battle of Midway
The US were able to plan a devistating attack on Japan and end up whiping out alot of their fleet. -
Battle of Stalingard
The battle of Stalingard was the succesful defence of Stalingard by Russia. Mant historians consider it the greatest battle of the war. -
Battle of El Alamein
British artilery were too strong for German troops and forced them to withdraw from Tunisia. -
D-Day
The battle of Normandy included over 150,00 British, US and Canadian forces lading in over 5 beaches throughout France's Normandy region. -
Battle of the Buldge
More than 250,000 German troops launched a full blown attack on the U.S. -
Mussolini captured and Executed
Mussolini and his mistress were captured by Italian partisans and shot. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler kills himslef after he shoots himself in the head and swallows a cyanide pill -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
An American bomber flew over the city and dropped the world's first atomic bomb. The bomb killed over 80,00 people at the time. -
Russia declared war on Japan
Russia declares war on Japan and starts to pour their trrops into Japanese run places. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
America drops another atomic bomb on Japan, with a devistating effect.
