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Germany invades Poland
begun WWII , Hitler was trying to regain lost territory -
Germans occupy Paris
walked in and a curfew was imposed at 8pm by Germans -
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks from the end of June 1940. -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II -
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Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps
Soviet soldiers walked in camps and liberated prisoners. July 23, 1944 (Majdanek Camp) and Jan 27, 1945 (Auschwitz) -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front.
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V-E Day
when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms: In Prague, Germans surrendered to their Soviet antagonists. -
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Potsdam Conference
was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state. The leaders arrived at various agreements on the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations