world war 2

  • Germany invades poland

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    ww2

  • Britain and france declare war on germany

  • Russia invades poland

  • russia invades finland

  • The first german enigma is decoded by british intllegence

  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

  • Germans reach the english channel

  • japan joins axis

  • hitler cancels the invasion of britain

  • Germany invades yugoslavia and greece

  • German troops occupy athens

  • japan attacks pearl harbor

  • Germany and japan declare war on u.s.

  • japanese forces invade solomon islands

  • U.S. troops begin to arrive in britain

  • Japanese Land at Guadalcanal

  • U.S. troops land at Guadalcanal

  • The battle of stalingrad begins

  • The last German forces surrender in Stalingrad

  • The battle of kursk begins

  • Allies invade italys mainland

  • Italy surrenders

  • marines land in tarawa

  • Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of western allies Forces

  • D-Day. American, british and canadian forces invade france at beaches of normandy

  • paris is liberated

  • Russians Liberate the aushwitz death cdamp

  • Marines land in Iwo Jima

  • The battle of Iwo Jima Ends

  • Hitler Commits suicide in his bunker in berlin

  • Germany surrenders and war ends in europe

  • Hiroshima is destroyed by a atomic bomb

  • Russia Declares war on japan

  • Nagasaki is destroyed by atomic bomb

  • Japan surrenders. WW2 finally ends