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World War II Begins
aNazi Germany invades Poland with a force of 1.5 million troops with aircraft as backup. -
Winston Churchill is named First Lord of the admiralty
aThe British Royal Air Force sends out the first propaganda air raid. threw six million pamplets over Northern Germany. German U- boat invades athenia, a British passenger ship with 1,400 civilians. they killed a total of 118 people. -
France surrenders to Germany
aThe Battle of france or the fall of France was the german invasion into France and the low countries -
Battle of Britain Ends
aWarsaw Ghettos begins. Italy attacks Greece.31 October 1940, is considered to be the end of the Battle of Britain. -
Hitler gives orders for the expansion of Auschwitz
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Axis powers invade russia
The invasion was authorized by Hitler on 18 December 1940. the date was set for may 15 1941 but it delayed to june 22 1941. -
The kremlin was bombed
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Japan Bombs Pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 4] was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 -
Final Solution Begins
Hitler orders the Extermination Of all Jews. -
The Eastern Sea Frontier
The Eastern Sea Frontier was a United States Navy operational command during World War II, that was responsible for the coastal waters from Canada to Jacksonville, Florida, extending out for a nominal distance of two hundred miles. -
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Mexico declares war on Germany
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Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal took place in 1942 when the US Marines landed on August 7th. The landing at Guadalcanal was unopposed - but it took the Americans six months to defeat the Japanese in what was to turn into a classic battle of attrition. -
Allied Troops Land on Normandy (d-day)
the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border. By January 1, 1945, the Germans are in retreat. -
Yalta Conference
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Partisan Units capture zabreg
Partisan units, led by Yugoslav Communist leader Josip Tito, capture Zagreb and topple the Ustasa regime. The top Ustasa leaders flee to Italy and Austria. -
Germany Surrenders
If this demand was not met, Eisenhower was prepared to seal off the Western front, preventing Germans from fleeing to the West in order to surrender, thereby leaving them in the hands of the enveloping Soviet forces. -
Hiroshima Bombing
The united states drops an atomic bomb on top of Hiroshima Japana killing thousands. The airplane that dropped the bomb was name Enola Gay -
Nagasaki Bomb
United states drops bomb on Nagasaki Japan -
World War 2 ends
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
