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World War II Timespan
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HITLER APPOINTED GERMAN LEADER
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Germany invades Poland
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Britain & France declare war on Germany
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Norway Invasion
Germany invades Norway and begins land operations -
WINSTON CHURCHILL BECOMES PRIME MINISTER
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DUNKIRK EVACUATION
BRITISH ARMY BEGIN TO EVACUATE FRANCE WITH THE HELP OF HUNDREDS OF PRIVATE BOATS ENDING ON JUNE 4TH -
PARIS CAPTURED BY GERMANS
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN
ENDS OCTOBER 31, 1940 -
OPERATION BARBAROSSA
HITLER ATTACKS RUSSIA -
ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
JAPANESE ATTACK AMERICANS AT HAWAIIAN MILITARY BASE, AMERICA & BRITAIN DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN ON 12/08/1941 -
BATTLE OF MIDWAY
AMERCIAN VICTORY OVER JAPAN IN THE PACIFIC -
NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
ALLIE FORCES OF CANADA, GREAT BRITAIN, US, BEGIN INVASION OF NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES -
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN
ALLIES TAKE SICILY AND BEING OFFENSIVE TO TAKE ITALY. ITALY SURRENDER IS ANNOUNCEC ON SEPTEMBER 3RD -
D-DAY, EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN
ALLIED FORCES LAUNCH ONE OF THE BIGGEST WATER OFFENSIVE WITH BRITISH, CANADIAN, & US FORCES STORMING 5 DIFFERENT BEACHES IN NORMANDY, FRANCE. THE AFFRONT LASTS 3 MONTHS & BEGINS THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE COUNTRIES FROM THE NAZIS -
BATTLE OF OKINAWA
ALLIES IN THE PACIFIC ISLAND OF OKINAWA TO LAUNCH ATTACK ON JAPAN -
V.E. DAY
AFTER THE ALLIES SUCCESSFULLY MARCH INTO GERMANY, HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE CAUSING THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF GERMANY A WEEK LATER. -
ATOMIC BOMB
AMERICA DROPS 2 ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN, IN THE CITIES OF NAGASAKI AND HIROSHIMA AFTER PRIME MINISTER REFUSED TO ANSWER THE POTSDAM DECLARATION TO SURRENDER -
V.J. DAY
AFTER THE DROPPING OF 2 ATOMIC BOMBS AND THE RESULTING DEVASTATION, JAPAN UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDERS ENDING THE WAR