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GERMANY INVADES POLAND
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Period: to
THE WORLD WAR 2
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Phoney War
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THE BLITZ
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Operation Barbarossa
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Kursk July
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Battle of the Atlantic finished
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Bombing of Dresden.
The bombing of Dresden in February 1945 has remained one of the more controversial aspects of World War Two. Dresden, a city unaffected by bombing up to that point in the war, lost many thousands of civilians in the firestorm that was created by the Allies. As the Russians advanced to Berlin from the east and the Allies from the west, why was Dresden bombed when it did appear that the war would be ended in the near future? -
Italy Surrender