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Hitler invades Poland
Hitler uses the tactic Blitzkieg to invade and take over poland as quickly as possible. -
Britain and france join the war
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Churchill becomes prime minister
On this day Winston Churchill became Prime minister of Birtain much to the suprise of the public -
Operation Dynamo
Operation Dynamo was the cidename fro the evacuation of british troops from Dunkirk in france. After the battle of Dunkirk the allied troops had been cut of by the German army so were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk. The British were asked if they had a boat to help evacuate the men from dunkirk and bing them back to Britain. By the 1st day only 7,011 troops were evacuate dbut by the ninth day 338,226 troops ere evacuted not only by the military boats and ships but by the public. -
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Evacuation from Dunkirk
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The Battle of Britain
The german's objective of the battle was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. -
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Battle of Birtain
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War in Africa
January 12, 1941 Britain captures Tobruk, Libya
June 21, 1942 Germans retake Tobruk
October 23 Battle of El-Alamein begins
November 8 Operation Torch; joint U.S.-British landing in French North Africa
November 11 Britain retakes Tobruk
November 25 Allies begin offensive into Tunisia
March 7, 1943 Tunis falls to Allied forces
July 10 Allied invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) begins
July 22 Palermo falls to Allies
July 24 Mussolini is overthrown in a peaceful coup
September 2 Allied invasion of -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the german's code name for their invasion of the soviet union. in the end hitler didn,t win but left the soviet union in terrible conditions. -
Pearl Habour Bombing
This was a suprise miltiary bombing by the Japanise empire on the US naval base Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
1942 - Battle of Stalingrad. Germany's entire Sixth Army is lost, and the war begins turning in favor of the Allies. -
Battle of the midway
The US Navy sinks four Japanese aircraft carriers in the fight that proves to be the turning point in the Pacific war. -
D-Day
an attack in military history took place.It was was codenamed Operation Overlord. The Allies (Britain, Canada, and America) attacked Nazi German occupied by Europe. It was very important for the Allied success in World War II, though many men were lost when the beaches were taken over -
Hitler commits suicide
