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World War 2 Starts
The war of world war2 started -
Germany invades Poland
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Worl War 2
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Britain, Australia, New Zealand and France declare war on Germany
Britain, Australia, New Zealand and France declare war on Germany -
Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy
The first attacks by RAF Bomber Command go in against German warships in the Heligoland Bight with 29 Blenheim and Wellington bombers in a daylight raid. -
United States proclaims its neutrality
the united states decided they were going to stay out of the war -
Canada declares war on Germany
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Rationing begins in UK
limiting equiptment and supplies -
Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
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Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
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Holland surrenders
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Belgium surrenders
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Italy declares war on Britain and France
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France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler tours Paris
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German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic
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The Battle of Britain begins
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First German air raids on London
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German Blitz (Blitzkrieg) against Britain begins
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Italy invades Egypt
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Sinking of the British ship Hood by the Bismarck
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Operation Barbarossa - Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins
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Japan makes a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii declaring war on Britain and the United States
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The United States, led by US president, Franklin D Roosevelt, declares war on the Axis powers
