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Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland, Nazi propagandists claimed that Poland had been planning to give reasons for the action, but it was fake. Germany do it to regain territory and role to the east.To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring “living space,” for the German people. -
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1939-1945
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Germany attacks France
It was done because Germany was planning to attack Russia, and they knew France would honour its alliance with this one. Since a war on two fronts was inevitable, they decided to strike first so they would keep the initiative. Germans used its blitzkrieg tactics during it to have a great success. -
Battle of Britain begins
Germans begin it with the use of bombing raids against Great Britain, which will last three months. It´s started by the Luftwaffe to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. Furthermore, it was the first major campaign in which the used air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date -
Operation Barbarossa begins
it was the code name given by Hitler to the plan of invasion of the Soviet Union by the Axis allies. This action opened the Eastern front which became the territoy where the operations of the war were taking place. In adittion, it was the largest and most brutal battles in Europe -
Attack on Pearl Harbour
It was a surprise military offensive carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor.Then, the United States Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan in response to it.Tensions between Japan and the United States had been existing for the better part of a decade -
Hitler sends the Afrika Korps to North Africa
It was a German military force sent to North Africa for the purpose of helping his Italian Axis partner maintain territorial gains in North Africa.Its commanders were Rommel and Hans-Jürgen.After many victories, they were defeated in the Second Battle of El Alamein by British troops which were lead by General Montgomery -
US and British troops land on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco
It was an allied invasion during World War II. The French colonies were dominated by the Vichy French, formally allied with Germany .They indicated that they could support the Allies. US General Dwight, in command of the operation, planned an attack on Casablanca, Oran and Algiers .The Western Force had resistance and, but Casablanca was captured -
Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno
Operation Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, part of the Allied invasion of Italy. The Italians move from the war the day before the invasion, but the Allies landed in an area defended by German troops.The landings were carried out by the US Fifth Army, -
Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno
Operation Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, part of the Allied invasion of Italy. The Italians move from the war the day before the invasion, but the Allies landed in an area defended by German troops.The landings were carried out by the US Fifth Army, -
D-day
The Battle of Normandy, intervened in the liberation of Western Europe from control of Nazi Germany. Known as Operation Overlord, but it was also known as D-Day, hapenned when 156,000 US, British, and Canadianpeople landed on five beaches along a coast of the Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest military attacks in history. -
D-day
The Battle of Normandy, intervened in the liberation of Western Europe from control of Nazi Germany. Known as Operation Overlord, but it was also known as D-Day, hapenned when 156,000 US, British, and Canadianpeople landed on five beaches along a coast of the Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest military attacks in history. -
Paris liberated by the Allies.
was a military battle that took place until the German people surrendered the French capital.Exiled republican Spaniards and anarchistsparticipated in this battle. It gave the established Free French government and its president, Charles de Gaulle, enough prestige and authority to establish a French Republic. -
Paris liberated by the Allies.
was a military battle that took place until the German people surrendered the French capital.Exiled republican Spaniards and anarchistsparticipated in this battle. It gave the established Free French government and its president, Charles de Gaulle, enough prestige and authority to establish a French Republic. -
Hitler commits suicide.
at first, they didn´t know how does it die. Some people said that he had been killes, other said that he was hidden in Japan , but the real one was that he commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. -
dropping of first attom bomb on Hiroshima
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to attack the Japan empire. The two bombings damaged between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of them were civilians and remain the use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. -
Japan formally surrenders
representatives from the Japanese government and Allied forces meet to sign the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. Japan surrendered because the Soviet Union entered the war. Japanese leaders said the bomb forced them to surrender because it was less embarrassing to say they had been defeated by a weapon
