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War
Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
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World War 2
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Russia-Finland War ends
Russia-Finland war ends. It convinces Hitler that the Russian military is ineffective. -
Prime Minister
Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister. -
Evacuation begins
Evacuation of British and French forces to Britain at Dunkirk begins. -
Evacuation ends
The evacuation at Dunkirk ends. 338,000 troops were rescued. Churchill declares that Britain will never surrender. -
German troops in Paris
German troops march into Paris. -
Night Bombers
British night bombers bomb Berlin. -
Spain remains neutral
Spain rejects Hitler's offer to join the war and remains neutral. -
Hitler's greatest mistake
Hitler orders to stop army group Center's advance to Moscow and to transfer its two tank armies to army groups "North" and "South". This is perhaps Hitler's greatest mistake. -
The Final Solution
Hermann Goering orders the SS to prepare "the final solution", the plan to murder the millions of European jews. -
Operation Typhoon
The final German attack towards Moscow begins (operation Typhoon). -
"Industrial scale" murders begin
"Industrial scale" murder of jews by poison gas begins in Nazi death camps. -
Assassination attempt
Hitler survives an assassination attempt by senior German officers with light wounds. -
President Roosevelt dies
The president of the United States dies. -
German defense collapse
German defense in northern Italy finally collapse. -
Adolf Hitler dies
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin. He appoints Admiral Doenitz as his successor. (Some people think that he was murdered) -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders. The war in Europe ends. -
End
World War 2 finally ends.
