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Invansion of Poland (Axis victories and expansion)
The German invansion of Poland was a military action by Nazi Germany aimed at annexing Polish territory. The technical operation, known as the "White Case". The German invansion of Poland began on September 1, 1939 and the last units of the Polish army surrendered on October 6 of the same year. It was considered the trigger of the Second World War in Europe and ended with the Second Polish Republic. -
German offensive to the east ( Axis victories and expansion )
The Eastern European Front or Eastern Front was the main front during the Second World War. In the Soviet Union it was called the Great Patriotic War. Covered central and eastern Europe and was opened by Nazi Germany with Operation Barbarossa. -
Invasion of the USSR ( Axis victories and expansion )
With the code name " Operation Barbarossa " , Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in what was the largest German military operation of the Second World War.
The objetive was to conquer the Soviet Union, decimate the population, exploit the country and colonize it. -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ( Axis victories and expansion )
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military offensive by the Japanese imperial Navy against the U.S: Naval Base at Pearl Harbor on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941. -
American victory at Midway ( Allied victories and conquests )
The Battle of Midway was a naval air conflict that took place on June 4-7, 1942 at the Pacific theater during World War II.
U.S: naval air forces stopped the Japanese attempt to invade Midway Atoll, where the former had a military base. -
Allied landings in North Africa ( Allied victories and conquests )
Operation Torch ( Originally called Operation Gymnast ) was the disembarkation and advance to Tunisia of Anglo-American troops in World War II during the campaign in North Africa, indicated on November 8, 1942. -
Italy surrenders ( Allied victories and conquets )
The participation of Italiana in the Second World War had two distinct phases. First, from June 1940, under the command of the dictator Benito Mussolini. And in the second phase, from the overthrow of Mussolini in the summer of 1943. -
Allied landings in Normandy ( Allied victories and conquests )
The battle of Normandy, code-named Operation Overlord, was the military operation carried out by the Allies during the Second World Was which culminated in the liberation of the territories of Western Europe occupied by Nazi Germany on 6 June 1944. -
Germany surrenders ( Allied victories and conquests )
Germany surrenders to the United States and the Soviet Union ending World War II in Europe. On May 8, 1945 Germany signed a capitulation and conditions before the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America. -
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ( Allied victories and conquests )
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks ordered by Harry S. Truman, president of the United States, against the Empire of Japan. The attacks took place on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, which contributed, along with the Soviet-Japanese War, to the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. -
Japan surrenders ( Allied victories and conquests )
Japan's surrender in World War II occurred on August 15, 1945, and was signed on September 2, 1945. The Empire of Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration signed by the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of China and the Soviet Union,
