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Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
A huge attack against the Jews in Nazi Germany and Austria (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/knacht.htm) -
Germany Invades Poland (September Campaign)
After the attack, Nazis occupied the rest of Europe and North Africa (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
Battle of Britain
German pilots made many coordinated attack runs and bombing runs in Great Britain. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
British attack on Italians in North Africa (Operation Compass)
First major military operation of the Western Desert Campaing. Which is part of the North Africa Campaing. British and Commonwealth forces attacked Italian forces. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
Battle of Stalingrad
Four million Germans stormed the Russian border. They killed more then 2 million Russians. -
Germany Invades Russia (Operation Barbarossa)
Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Over 3.9 million troops invaded the European part of the USSR (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese army bombed the U.S. warships to eliminate a possible threat from the war. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
Holocaust
Millions and millions of Jews were killed, tortured, and sents to consentration camps. Hitler wanted to kill the Jews because he wanted to make a superior race of German Nazis (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
Battle of Midway
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army went over the Philippines, East Indies, and Southeast Asia. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
D-Day
General Dwight Eisenhower led US and Allied troops in the invasion of Normandy, France. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler and his wife both committed suicide in a bunker that they stayed for the last 40 hours of their life. Hitler shot himself with his pistol while his wife ingested cyanide. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
V.E. Day (Victory in Europe)
A day where we celebrate the Nazis official surrender from WWII. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm) -
Battle of Iwo Jima
US invade Iwo Jima to capture Iwo Jima and Japan. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
US drops atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor. (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm)
