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German invasion of Poland.
Was an invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, the Free City of Danzig, and a small Slovak contingent, that marked the beginning of World War II. -
North Africa Campaign.
A fight between the Allied and Axis powers fought back and forth in the dessert of North Africa. It started on 10 June 1940 and kept going until 13 May 1943. The Allied powers came out victorious, due to the axis power surrendering. -
Nazi control over Eastern Europe
The Balkan Campaign of World War II began with the Italian invasion of Greece. -
Operation Barbarossa.
riginally named Operation Fritz during WWII. This was launched on June 22, 1941. It based on the German troops attacking Russia and it’s Soviet Forces, this was the biggest military attack of WWII and had really bad consequences on the Russian people. In this day three different army groups attacked Russia. Army Group North, led by von Leeb, Army Group Centre, commanded by von Bock and Army Group South commanded by von Rundstedt. -
Attack to Pearl Harbor.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States -
Battle of Stalingrad.
Happened from July 17, 194 to February 2, 1943. It was a success during WWII, for the Soviet Forces defending the city of Stalingrad. Russians consider it one of the biggest and greatest battles. This stopped the German troops advance into the Soviet Union. -
Battle of the Coral Sea.
Was a battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, and took place on the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
D-Day.
On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed in the French coast to fight Nazi on Normandy, France. By the end of D-day, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. More than 9,000 of Allied soldiers were killed, but it allowed more soldiers to go and defeat Adolf Hitler’s troops. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
The US dropped an atomic bombon Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. These were the only times nuclear weapons that have been used in war. -
German invasion of Western Europe
In between September 1939 and May 1940, the Nazis defeated country after country all over Europe. By the summer of 1940, Hitler had conquered the almost every country in Europe and the British stood alone. -
Capture and killing of Mussolini.
It was on the last days of World War II in Europe, when he was executed by Italian partisans in the small village in northern Italy. -
Suicide of Hitler.
On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler killed himself by a gunshot to his head in Berlin and his wife Eva Braun, killed herself too with him by taking cyanide. -
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