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Nazi Germany Invades Poland
Nazi's invade Poland, the alleged start of WW2 -
German ‘Blitzkrieg’ overwhelms Holland, Belgium and France
combined arms surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
evacuation of more allied soldiers from north france -
Battle of Britain
RAF against the Luftwaffe -
Blitz of Britain
German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom -
Allies take Tobruk
The 6th Australian Division captured Tobruk from the Italians -
Operation Barbarossa begins
Invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
Surprise bombing by the Japanese on Hawaiian ship ports -
The fall of Singapore
Japan captured British/Singapore Stronghold -
The Battle of Midway
Naval battle in Pacific War -
First news of Nazi atrocities towards Jews reaches Allies
Allies find out the news of the holocaust -
German forces surrender at Stalingrad
Germany loses to cold Russian winter -
D-Day landings
Major naval Allied invasion of Normandy -
Soviet liberation of Auschwitz
Soviet army liberates the polish occupied zone of Auschwitz -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US Forces
USA relentlessly bombed Japan even after the end of the European war