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Nonaggresion agreement between USSR and Germany
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence. -
Invasion of Poland by USSR and Germany, beginning World War II.
Early the morning of September 1st ,1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,760-mile border. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombarded Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats destroyed Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. This starts World war 2 in Europe -
Warsaw Surrenders
Warsaw surrenders on September 29. The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them. -
Germany invades Norway, Denmark, France, Belgium, Luxenbourg, and The Netherlands.
Germany took all these countries in a matter of weeks, Germany suprised British and French commanders thinking they would go from the west like in the first world war. But they were decived and ambushed from the Ardeenes forest. -
Germany invades Norway & Denmark
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9 till they are forced to surrender. -
Germany countiues invading
Germany attacks western Europe—France and the neutral Low Countries. Luxembourg is occupied on May 10; the Netherlands surrenders on May 14; and Belgium surrenders on May 28. On June 22, France signs an armistice agreement by which the Germans occupy the northern half of the country and the entire Atlantic coastline. This ends by June 1940 -
Battle of Britan
The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany. Which ends October 31st 1940 -
Axis invades Soviet union
Nazi Germany and the rest of the axis poswers invade the Soviet Union. Looking redress for the territorial losses in the armistice concluding the Winter War. -
Axis are booted out of Moscow
The soviet Union drives the Axis out of moscow , With a big loss for the axis powers. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan sends in air units and bombs Peaarl harbor , Creating war with the U.S and The Unite states begins invovlment in world war two. -
British Bomb Germany
The British bomb Köln, bringing the war home to Germany for the first time. Over the next three years Anglo-American bombing reduces urban Germany to rubble. -
Germans launch Tank offensive
The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet union. The Soviets blunt the attack within a week and started an offensive attack of their own. -
Allied troops free Rome from German occupation
Allied troops liberate Rome. Within six weeks, Anglo-American bombers could hit targets in eastern Germany for the first time. -
D Day
British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans. This involved all of the allied forces ground and air to combine to take the Offensive on the germans. -
Soviets launch massive attacks on German units
The Soviet union launch a massive offensive in eastern Belarus, destroying the German Army Center and driving westward -
Allies Liberate France
Allied troops reach Paris. On August 25, Free French forces, supported by Allied troops, enter the French capital -
battle of the bulge
The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German borde -
Soviet union invades heart of germany
The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin. -
Hitlers Suicide
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Germany Surrenders
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War ends in europe
