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Invasion of Poland
Was an invasion by Germany into Poland, marked the beginning of world war 2. -
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WW2
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Britain and Franc declare war
After Poland was attacked, Britain and France honoring their obligations they sent ultamatums to Germany to retreat and Hitler declined. -
Hitler invades France
It''s when Germany had took over most of France, except certain parts like Dunkirk -
Miracle at Dunkirk
French forces were squeezed and could have been annhilated but Germans thought it was a trap and the british helped with boats transfer the soldiers. -
Battle of Britain
The battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, was multiple bombings on Britain -
Pearl Harbor
It was a military strike by the imperial japanese navy against the United states -
USA enters the war
After pearl harbor the usa joined the war, although they felt like Germany was the bigger threat. -
Battle of Midway
It was the USA attacking the japanese, they tried to trap the USA but the plan failed. -
Battle of Stalingrad
It was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, also the turning point for ww2 -
Raid on Dieppe
The assault caused them to retreat, it was mainly Candians, royal navy and royal air force. -
D-Day
It's when western allied forces tried to liberate nazi forces out of europe. -
End of ww2 in Europe
It was when germany surrendered to the western allied forces. -
A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima
When the USA used nuclear weapons on Japan during the final stages of ww2. -
A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki
It was the 2nd nuclear attack on Japan to hopefully end world war 2. -
End of world war 2
It formed the allies and the axis, ti was the biggest death tole from war. Around 50 or 75 million fatalities. It was the only war with nuclear weapons.