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Invasion of poland marks beggining of WW2
Germany army launches an invasion to poland that triggered the start of WW2, it only lasted 2 months before the Nazi victory -
American base on Cocos island
President Rafael Angel of Costa rica was an ally to US and hostile no nazism it was reported that Costa rica and US had agreed to the construction of an american base on cocos island but it was placed on Galapagos in the end -
Laredo Brú denies jewish refugees
Laredo Brú denied 900 jewish refugees who arrived in Havana after both US and Canada denided the refugees they returned to Europe and were eventually killed during the holocaust -
Battle of Britain
It was a major air campaign fought over southern England. The first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces -
Germany invades USSR Opening Eastern Front
The operation opened up the Eastern Front, in which more forces were committed than in any other theater of war in history. -
Japan bombs pearl harbor and Franklin Roosevelt declares war
The Infamy Speech was a speech delivered by President Franklin D. The speech is also commonly referred to as the "Pearl Harbor Speech". Within an hour of the speech, aformal declaration of war against Japan and officially brought the U.S. into World War II. -
Bataan death march and japan takes over philippines
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island to the Japanese, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Battle of stalingard
The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during WW2 -
The north african campaign, allies drive germans out of north africa
the Allies encircled several hundred thousand German and Italian personnel in northern Tunisia and finally forced their surrender in May 1943. -
Colombia breaks diplomatic relations
After the pearl harbor Colombia decided to break relations with the Axis powers, a German submarine destroyed a Colombian schooner and Colombia declared an status of belligerency -
D-Day
the Battle of Normandy, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day -
Paraguay declares war
Paraguay declares war by which time the war was almost over and many Paraguayans joined the Brazilian air force to fight the Axis powers -
Victory in Europe day
both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine during -
Atomic bomb dropped
US dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people.
