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Britain saw no military action
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rationing is a fixed limited amount of essential foods and other goods that allowed fair distribution when supply was restricted.
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He replaced Neville Chamberlain.
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Blitzkrieg means "lightning war".
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British troops were forced to retreat, pursued through northern France by Germans - ended up on beaches of Dunkirk. Government called on civilian help and many small vessels helped to rescue 338,000 men (inc 140,000 Frenchmen)
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German airforce, the Luftwaffe, bombs British ports in July. Following month, airaids concentrate on airfields. The Blitz, the bombing of London, starts in September, followed by night bombing capmpaign, on London, Coventry and other major cities. RAF defends using fighter aircraft, and by Oct 31st, German rasids had ceased.
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Alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan - the Axis powers
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Hitler invaded Russia despite their non agreesion pact. Stalin immediately allied with Britain. The USA offered aid to the USSR
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Japan bombed the USA fleet staioned in the Haiwiaiin islands. A pre-emptive strike to knock out USA influence, and for Japan to take over British Dutch and French colonies in SE Asia.
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Major naval battle won by USA against Japan
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General Montgomery's forces defeat the German / Italian armies and push them across the North African desert
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Russians defeat Germans at great cost of lives on both sides
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British and American forces defeat Germans and Italians in North Africa
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Mussolini imprisoned and new Italian government switches sides and joins Allies, but Germans retained control of Italian army, and free Mussolini who then heads a puppet government in Northern Italy
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Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill meet in Tehran to plan rest of the war, and post-war settlements
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Russians finally break German grip of Leningrad after 880 days
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Allies invade France and mass troop landings on Normany beaches, under command of General Eisenhower
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Germany fought back against Allies in Ardennes forest region of Belgium, but are eventually overcome
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Important symbolic landmark event as Germany is pushed back into its own territory as Russian also squeeze them from the East
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Replaced by President Truman
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Red flag flown over the Reichstag
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Hitler commits suicide in his bunker.
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Allies accept unconditional surrender of Admiral Donitz, Hitler's nominated syuccessor
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Victory in Europe day is celebrated.
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Japan refused to surrender despite threat of massive destruction
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Second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese port of Nagasaki, obliterating it.
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US general McArthur accepts unconditional surrender of japan, to formally end the war