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German invasion of Poland
Nazi Germany invaded Poland and marked the start of WWII -
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Fall of France
German armies took control of France -
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Battle of Britain
The battle was fought entirely by air forces -
USA joins the war
On December USA officially joined the war. It became one of the leaders of the war. -
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Operation Barbarossa
Nazi Germany invaded their own allies: The Soviet Union and made the Soviet Union switch sides against Nazi Germany -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and made USA officially join the war -
Mexico joins WWII
Mexican oil ships were destroyed by Axis Powers. This made Mexico officially join the war with The Allies. They sent their air force to fight in the war. -
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Battle of Midway
The US navy defeated the Japanese fleet. This started the rescue of Japanese-held islands and also started reaching Japan -
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Manhattan project
Manhattan project was a top secret government project of the world’s first nuclear weapons. The project was led by J. Robert Oppenheimer -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany unsuccessfully invaded the Soviet Union and ended up retreating. The soviets used some strategies from WWI. -
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Operation Overlord
The allies invaded the Nazi-occupied France with a lot of planning and had around 1.5 million soldiers of Britain, USA and Canada -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler, his wife and some leaders committed suicide by drinking cyanide and Hitler died with a gunshot to the head. -
VE day
The Nazis surrendered because of Hitler’s Death. But the war is not over yet since the Japanese have not surrendered yet. -
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VP day
The war has officially ended with Japan surrendering upon the bombings and marks the end of WWII -
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Atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The USA wanted to end things quickly so they dropped the first and last nuclear bomb to ever be used.