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Hitler's invasion on Poland
To be put short and simple, this event marked the start of WW2 and that happened to be exactly when Hitler decided to invade Poland. -
Blitzkrieg by Hitler
Known as "lightning war", Hitler orders this on Norway and Belgium and the countries soon became overwhelmed by this. -
The Blitz
(1940-1941) Just in the matter of 6-7, Germany decided to a bombing campaign on the United Kingdom (Britain/London) -
Hitler's Operation Barbarossa
Around the month of June, Hitler called upon an operation called "Barbarossa" and it was the code name for the axis invasion on the Soviet Union. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
2,400 Americans died from a surprise attack that was caused by the Japanese. -
Battle of Stalingrad
(July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943) The big turning point of WW2; Germany and its known allies had ended up fighting the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
The big 3's encounter
The great 3 allied powers meet (Great Britain, US, Soviet Union); they formed a great alliance to try to gain victory. -
D-Day
The battle of Normandy; there were landings in Normandy from the Allied armies. The US was trying to invade France to beat the Germans and take the win. -
Battle of Monte Cassino
(Jan. 17th, 1944 - May 18th, 1944) - This battle was simply a series of four attacks that were done by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by the Germans and Italians. -
Russia's race to take Berlin
Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev race to take over Berlin after Germany's defeat. -
Hitler dies
Known by everyone around, Hitler ends up taking his own life. -
Atomic Bombs on Japanese cities
(Aug. 6th-9th, 1945) - The United States decided to detonate two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Japan has had enough (surrenders)
Emperor Hirohito signed to end the hostilities of WW2, they surrendered
