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Soviets were under Stalin's control.
There were mass arrests made by the secret police. Over 700,000 people had been killed by his "purges". -
Hitler decided to invade Poland.
He started making plans at his summer house. -
Non Aggression Pact with Stalin
The deal that he made with Stalin allowed him to invade Poland without angering and going to war with the Soviet Union.This surprised and outraged the rest of the world. It also scared the governments because they were scared that Germany would invade them next -
There was a secret clause in the agreement.
The secret clause was that at the end of the war they would split and share eastern Europe. -
Hitler invaded Poland.
During the coming months after Hitler invaded Poland, Britain then declared war on Germany because of the German troops in Poland. They gave an ultimatum to Germany and when that was ignored they proceeded to declare war on Germany. Warsaw was bombed and many people killed. -
May 10 1940
On May 10th 1940, Germany stormed into France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Denmark and Norway had already been captured. They raided and searched peoples houses looking for weapons. -
May 1940
At the end of May 1940, the allies in France were defeted by the germans -
17th Of June
On the 17th of June 1940 the French asked Germany for amnesty after the war. -
September 7th
By September 1940 Germany had successfully conquered Poland -
London September 1940
Germany started bombing London. -
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Bombing
From September 1940 to May 1941 over 40,000 people died and more that 2 million homes were destroyed. -
Breaking the Pact
In the spring of 1941 Hitler decided that he wanted more power and more land under his control. He decided to break the non aggression pact that he had made with Stalin. He decided to invade the Soviet Union. -
Germany VS Russia
On June 22nd 1941 Germany went to war against Russia. This was a violation of the pact that Hitler had made with Stalin. In this war there were over 3000 tanks. The battle lines stretched from the Baltic sea to the Black sea. -
Dec 1941
When pearl harbor was bombed the US entered the war.