ww2

By dhinchyylover

  • Germany attacks Poland

  • Potsdam Conference

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    Battle of the Atlantic

  • Germany and the Soviet Union (USSR) sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact

  • Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Slovakia, Hungary, Romania join the Axis Power

  • Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and Northers France fall

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    Germany invades and captures Denmark and Norway

  • Italy joins the war and, on June 27, invades Southern France

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    Battle of Britain

  • Italy invades British controlled Egypt

  • Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact

  • Italy invades Greece

  • German Afrika Korps are sent to North Africa to reinforce the Italians

  • Bulgaria joins the Axis Powers

  • The battle of Coral Sea

  • Germany joined by Axis allies and Finland attacks the USSR

  • The Japanese gain control over the Philippines, French Indochina, andSingapore

  • The Bataan Death March begins as the Imerial Japanese Army forces Filipino and American prisoners of war to march 60 tortured-filled miles

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    1st battle of El Alamein

  • The Battle of Midway

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    The Battle of Guadalcanal

  • Battle of Stalingrad

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    2nd battle of El Alamein

  • Italy surrenders unconditionally

  • Operation Overlord, D-Day

  • Paris is liberated

  • Battle of Bulge

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    Battle of Iwo Jima

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    Battle of Okinawa

  • FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President

  • Mussolini is executed

  • Hitler commits suicide