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Germany invades poland
Poland were easily defeated as they were still relying on horse back where as Germany already had tanks. Poland had no chance. -
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler goes against the treaty he had with Denmark and invades Denmark along with Norway. -
Germany invades Holland and Belgium
Hitler invades Holland and Belgium armed with 136 divisions. -
Operation Dynamo
The fall of Belguim had trapped British forces. They could only escape back to european land through they french coast port, called Dunkirk. They enrolled civilians to bring boats across and ended up rescing a grand total of 338,226 men. -
The Fall of France
Air raids began on Paris. Not long after 2000 tanksrolled towards the capital. -
The Battle of the Atlantic
The Germans partolledd the British coast line to stop all supplys from America from getting to Britain. The British retaliated by using a method simular to radar to detect them. -
Governement leaves france
The Goverenment left France and WW1 veterin Marchal Henri Petain then took control and surrendered to the Germans -
Battle of Britain
The Luftwaffe bombed the major cities including london multiple times in an effort to make Britain surrender. They left London in rubble but Britain didn't surrener. -
Germany takes over Yugoslavia and Greece
Hitler said that he was trying to protect the Germans that were there. Britain then helped Greece defend against Germany. 43,000 Australiand and Newzealanders were evacuated to Crete, Egypt. -
Germans are stopped outside Moscow.
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Operation Barbarossa
Germans invade Russia fron the eastern front. They run into trouble in the extreme winter with their supply lines. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan declares was on the United States and Britain. Japan bombed the navel base at Pearl Harbor in Hawii. Over 2000 Americans were killed. The US was then invoved in the war. -
Fall of the Philippines
The day after Pearl Harbor Japan took over the Philippines. This then lead to Japan ruling all east Asia. -
Battle of midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
Houseto house fighting in Russia led to a german defeat. Thousands of Russians died daily trying to stop Germany. -
Allies in Italy
In an effort to gain control of the capital city they landed on the peninsula and fort their way up until they got trapped on the beaches and they evacuated after May 23, 1944. -
The British attack on El Alamein, Egypt
The British used fack tanks to distract the Egyptions while they attacked from the other side. They prevailed because they simply had better fire power -
The Allies attack Morocco
Nearly a year after Pearl Harbor, 185,000 soldiers landed on the northeren coast of Africa in Algeria. -
D-Day
This was and continues to be the biggest military assult in history. The Allies landed on the beaches. The worse battle was on Omaha beach where American soliders were mown down as they stepped off the landing craft. -
The battle of Bulge
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End of the War
Britain finally prevailed and ended nearly 7 years of war