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WWII
world war two -
britain declares war
britan declares war on germany...WWII is starting up. -
Axis advance
Germany invaded France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg on 10 May 1940. The Netherlands and Belgium were overrun using blitzkrieg tactics in a few days and weeks, respectively. The French fortified Maginot Line and the Allied forces in Belgium were circumvented by a flanking movement through the thickly wooded Ardennes region, mistakenly perceived by French planners as an impenetrable natural barrier against armoured vehicles. -
Germany attacks Holland andBelgium
Gremany attacks Holland and Belgium. The army then marches towards France.Britain fears an invasion. -
war turns global
On 22 June 1941, Germany, along with other European Axis members and Finland, invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. The primary targets of this surprise offensive were the Baltic region, Moscow and Ukraine, with an ultimate goal of ending the 1941 campaign near the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line, connecting the Caspian and White Seas. Hitler's objectives were to eliminate the Soviet Union as a military power, exterminate Communism, generate Lebensraum by dispos -
Germany attacks russia
The event which some say cost the Axis the war. Hitler couldn't beat the snow and the Nazi army's capabilities dropped, unlike the defending russians who were used to the snow. -
United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. The war is getting bigger. -
Battle for Stalingrad begins
the battle for stalingrad, one of the biggest battles in europe, begins on this day. -
stalingrad: Allies win
The battle for Stalingrad ends. The Germans surrender. This marks the turning of the tides as the war is turning against Germany.
(the picture is a model replica of the battle) -
Soviet launch counter-attack
On 12 July 1943, the Soviets launched their own counter-offensives, thereby dispelling any hopes of the German Army for victory or even stalemate in the east. The Soviet victory at Kursk heralded the downfall of German superiority, giving the Soviet Union the initiative on the Eastern Front. The Germans attempted to stabilise their eastern front along the hastily fortified Panther-Wotan line, however, the Soviets broke through it at Smolensk and by the Lower Dnieper Offensives. -
Italy leaves Axis
Italy declares war on Germany. The axis are losing slowly and Italy doesn't want to be defeated, so defects. -
D-day
On 6 June 1944 (known as D-Day), after three years of Soviet pressure, the Western Allies invaded northern France. After reassigning several Allied divisions from Italy, they also attacked southern France. These landings were successful, and led to the defeat of the German Army units in France. -
paris liberated
paris was liberated by resistance forces because germans distracted by d-day. -
allies move in
On 16 December 1944, Germany attempted its last desperate measure for success on the Western Front by using most of its remaining reserves to launch a massive counter-offensive in the Ardennes to attempt to split the Western Allies, encircle large portions of Western Allied troops and capture their primary supply port at Antwerp in order to prompt a political settlement. By January, the offensive had been repulsed with no strategic objectives fulfilled. -
Nazis losing
Nazis surrender to Allied forces.war is drawing to a close, and europe is free from it. -
America drop first atomic bomb
America drops the first atomic bomb in Japan. The Japanese surrender shortly afterwards. world war II has ended -
Ally bombing agreement
By mutual arrangement, the Allies agree on a strategy whereby Americans will bomb in the daytime and the RAF at night. Nice policy.
