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Invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939 Fuehrer Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, and just two days later France and England declare war on Germany and this begins the second world war. -
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World War II
The war between the Allies and the Axis Powers, It began shortly after World War I due to government instability, that was result of the Great Depression in the 1930's, and countries taking advantage of that to expand their territory, thus creating the second world war. Japan, Italy and Germany against England, France, the U.S. and USSR. -
"Blitzkrieg"
As early as April 1940, Germany began to use their new tactic called "blitzkrieg" or lightning war, using this method Hitler took over Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sedan. -
Pact of Steel
Benito Mussolini declares war against France and Britain due to his "pact of steel" he had signed with Hitler. -
Paris
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Germany proceeded into Paris where the Marshal Philippe Petain requested an armistice resulting in German military operating half of Paris and the other half was governed by Marshal Philippe Petain. -
Bombings in England
Summer of 1940 had finally come but that didn't stop anyone much less Hitler the war was still fresh and Hitler was not planning on stopping anytime soon. German airplanes bombed England since they couldn't reach it by foot they dropped bombs into England and often night raids that occurred in London cause many deaths of innocent citizens. -
Early 1941
Early in 1941,Prime Minister Winston Churchill began to receive aid from the U.S using the Lend-Lease Act. -
"Operation Barbarossa"
On June 22, 1941, Hitler set his plan of taking over the soviet union in action, he commenced "Operation Barbarossa". Although the Soviet Union's aircraft and warfare was a lot more however the fact that Hitlers army had the advantage of being a surprise attack this gave Germans the ability to defeat and gain 200 miles of Moscow. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 360 Japanese aircraft were thrown at the major naval base in the U.S. these bombings took the lives of 2,300 troops since the U.S. had been taken by surprise. This attacked pushed U.S. congress to declare war on Japan and shortly after the Axis Powers declared war to the U.S. -
Battle of Midway
June 1942 marked a turning point for the U.S. army who went from being defeated by the Japanese air force to defeating the Japanese air force, following the Allies victory in the Battle of Midway a series of battles were also a success ranging from August 1942-February 1943. -
Hitler remains firm
after the invasion of of Europe by the Allies, Hitler focused all of his army on defeating these invasions however it failed once again and they were defeated which meant German defeat in the east -
Battle of Stalingrad
Known as the fiercest, bloodiest combat of war, the Battle of Stalingrad, it began in late 1942 and by January 31, 1943 it hand come to end, the lack of food and medical care caused German troops to surrender. -
An Allied Invasion
During the summer of 1943 , the allies planned out an invasion in Sicily and Italy which resulted in Mussolini's government to fall however the fighting between German and the allies continued until 1945. -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944 the allies created an invasion of Europe which resulted in 156,000 British, Canadian and American soldiers in the beaches of France -
Battle of Bulge
Germany's last offensive war before the war officially ended occurred on December 1944, where Hitler gave it one last shot to push back the Americans and British.
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Major Aerial Bombardment
On February, 1945 the Allies invaded Germany and finally on May 8th when the Germans surrendered the Soviets had already taken most of the land -
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Mussolini's Death
Benito Mussolini died April 28,1945 -
Hitler's Suicide
On April 30, 1945 right before Germany surrendered, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin Bunker, to escape any sort of punishment he decided to take his own life leaving disaster and chaos all behind him
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Postdam Conference
The Allies sat down once again, Truman, Churchill and Stalin to resolve the ongoing war with Japan
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World War II Ends
September 2, 1945 marked the finale of the most bloodiest, deadliest and most fiercest war known, killing 30-60 million people and also 6 million innocent Jews. But at last Japan had finally surrendered and peace had returned to the nations and the souls
