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1940 BCE
Middle of the war
In mid-May 1940 the first German troops crossed into France. By June 14 the Germans had entered Paris, the French capital.
On June 22 France agreed to let Germans rule most of their country. However, many French people continued to fight the Germans. They were called the Free French.
As France was falling to the Germans, Italy declared war against France and Britain. On June 10, 1940, Italy entered the war as an Axis power. -
Beginning of the War
World War II was an international war that took place from 1939 to 1945. It started when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany, wanted to take over Europe to create more space for the German people to live. -
last of the war
The last inter-Allied conference of W.W.ll,was held at the suburb of Potsdam, outside ruined Berlin, from July 17 to August 2, 1945.the campaign for the Philippines was still in progress,U.S. forces were making great steps in the direct advance toward their final objective, the Japanese homeland.Aerial bombardment was of course, the prerequisite of the projected invasion of Japan which was to begin, it was imagined, with landings on Kyushu, the southernmost of the major Japanese islands
