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German Invades Poland
On September First 1939 Germany Invaded Poland. Germany wanted Posen, Southern Oberschlesien, Kattowitz, West Prussia, and the free city of Danzig back. They lost those territories after WWI. This caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany. -
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The USSR Invades Poland
USSR fufills its part of the German-Soviet Pact by invading Poland. No war is declared by the West. Katyn Massacre by the Soviet Union. -
Division Of Poland
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Winter War
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Germany Invades Denmark and Norway
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Luxemburg Surrenders
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Netherlands Surrender
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Belgium Surrenders
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Italy Invades France
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Germany Captures Paris France
After the Benelux surrendered Germany easily marched into Paris France. Germany Wanted Alsacce Lorraine back which it had won in the Franco-Prussian War and Lost in WWI -
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Soviet Union Occupies Baltics
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Lend/Lease Act Starts
America Starts lending Money and weapons to great Britain for little or no cost because Roosevelt wants to join the war with the British. -
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Lend Lease Program
America lends Money and weapons to great Britain for little or no cost because Roosevelt wants to join the war with the British. -
Germany Bombed London
After Germany bombed London it started preparing for Operation Sea Lion or an invasion of Britain.
Hitler wanted to "Where Napoleon Failed I Shall Succeed. I shall Land On The Shores of Great Britain" -
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Battle of Britain
After Germany Bombed London it Started Preparing for Operation Sea Lion an invasion of Britain.
Hitler wanted to "Where Napoleon Failed I Shall Succeed. I shall Land On The Shores of Great Britain" -
Tripartite Pact Signed
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Operation Barbarossa (Image Version)
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Operation Barbarossa
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Nazis and communists did not like each other so Hitler feeling he was safe in the west attacked the Soviet union. -
Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked pearl Harbor to destroy the Americans Pacific Fleet. Japan Wanted to Conquer Asia and the pacific and the Us was in thje way Germany and italy declared war on US after US declared war on Japan. -
America Declares War on Japan
America declares war on Japan after being attacked at Pearl Harbor. Japan attacked Pearl harbor to make sure there was no interference for it attacking pacific islands. -
Germany Declares War on America
Germany Declares war on the USA after America declares war on Japan. Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor beforehand. -
America Declares War on Germany
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Italy Declares war on the United States
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Bataan Death March
75,000 American POWs were forced by the japanese army to undergo a 65 mile march. Japan had previously finished conqering the Philipines. -
Battle of Midway (Image Version)
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Battle of Midway
An american ambush of a japanese suprise attack. Japan was planing a suprise attack on strategic midway island but the communications were intercepted by the USA. -
Battle of Stallingrad (Image Version)
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Battle of Stallingrad
Germans invaded the Soviet city of stalingrand (Today Volgograd) (Previously Tsaritsyn). The long and bloody battle was a German Defeat which marked a turning point for the war on the eastern front. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Image Version)
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt against Nazi rule. The Revolt is brutally put down. -
D-Day
Allied troops liberate the beaches of Normandy France. This is the turning point of the war in Western Europe. -
Concentration Camp Liberation
Allied Soilders Liberated German Concentration Camps in Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge (Image Version)
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Battle of the Bulge
Germany's last offensive in WWII. Germany tries to break through the allied offensive and creates a Bulge in the allied lines. The bulge does not break and Germany is pushed back. -
Batle of Iwo Jima (Image Version)
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Battle of Iwo Jima
American Marines take over the Island of Iwo Jima to prepare for an invasion of mainland Japan. -
A-Bomb Hiroshima
America dropped the first atomic bomb. Japan still did not surrender. -
A-Bomb Nagasaki
America dropped the second atomic bomb forcing Japan to surrender.
