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Nazi Germany invades Poland
The Nazi Invasion of Poland is what started WW2, once they had entered they quickly advanced onto Warsaw, the capital. -
German ‘Blitzkrieg’ overwhelms Holland, Belgium and France
German troops used blitzkrieg to quickly over take Holland Belgium and France in just 6 weeks. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
Over 100 000 French troops evacuated and were shipped off to South-Western England -
Battle of Britain
The British Air Force (Royal Air Force) protected the United Kingdom against the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) -
The Allies take Tobruk
A very important victory, fought by the Australian 6th Division and the British 70th Division Army. -
Operation Barbarossa begins
The invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
An attack on a US Navy Base by the Japanese Imperial Airforce in an attempt to destroy all their Navy force -
The Fall of Singapore
The Japanese Empire captured the British Stronghold in Singapore, the attack cost 1000s of Austrlian and British lives -
The Battle of Midway
A large air-sea battle in which Japanese Air Force tried to take out the US Naval Force -
First news of Nazi atrocities against Jewish people reaches the Allies
The world first learnt about what the Nazis were doing at concentration camps. -
German forces surrender at Stalingrad
After defeating German troops at Stalingrad, over 91 000 soldiers surrendered to the Soviet Union -
Soviet liberation of Auschwitz
The Soviet Army liberated over 7 000 prisoners in Auschwitz, most of who were on the verge of death. -
D-Day Landings
The largest sea invasion in all of WW2 which took place on Normandy shores, when the Allies attempted to take back Europe -
The United States drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The only ever use of atomic bombs in all of history to date.