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the battle of the atlantic
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start of the second world war
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poland invasion
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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fine soviet war
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rudolf hess parachutes into scotlan
In a bizarre move, Hitler’s deputy and confidant Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland on May 10, 1941, to negotiate a peace agreement. The British concluded he was mentally unstable. He was kept as a POW and given a life sentence at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. -
Operation Barbarossa - Germany invades Soviet Union.
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katyusha
On July 14, 1941, the Soviets introduced a new weapon, the Katyusha, which could fire 320 rockets in 25 seconds. More than 50 years later, the Katyusha remains an effective weapon -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
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declared war on japan
74.On December 8, 1941, Britain and the U.S. declared war on Japan. On December 11, Germany declared war on the U.S. The U.S. is the only nation Germany formally declared war on -
final solution
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Surrender of all US forces on Phillipines
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battle of stalingrado
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Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa
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battle of kursk
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Mussolini's Italian Fascist government overthrown.
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Official Italian Government declares war on Germany
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Teheran´s conference
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Rome captured by Allies.
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Operation Neptune/Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy
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allies and wounded
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Operation Anvil - Allied landings in South of France.
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Operation Market Garden - failed airborne assault in Holland.
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divine wind tactic
23.The Japanese Kamikaze (“divine wind”) tactic was suggested on October 19, 1944, by Vice-Admiral Onishi in an attempt to balance the technological advantage of invading American forces. Though the numbers are disputed, approximately 2,800 kamikaze pilots died. They sunk 34 U.S. ships, damaged 368, killed 4,900 sailors, and wounded 4,800. -
US troops hold Bastogne - Ardennes offensive stalls
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eddie slovik shot for dessertion
On January 31, 1945, Private Eddie Slovik was shot for desertion, the first American executed for the crime since the Civil War and the only one to suffer this punishment during WWII -
-US President Roosevelt dies - Truman becomes President
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death of Mussolini
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Hitler commits suicide
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Mussolini is arrested
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us navy more life losses
The greatest loss of life ever sustained by the U.S. Navy occurred on July 30, 1945. The USS Indianapolis was shot by Japanese submarine I-58. Captain Charles McVay, commanding officer of the cruiser, was the only U.S. Navy officer ever to be court-martialed for losing a ship in war. -
nagashaki bombing and hiroshima
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end of the second world war
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surrender of Japan
the surrender of Japan on September 2nd 1945 on the American ship Missouri in the Bay of Tokyo can be viewed as the last act of the Second World War
