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: Germany invades Poland from the west. The beginning of Word war ll
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/poland-surrenders
The Polish troops were taken prisoners by German invaders -
Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland.
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Germans attack Paris killing 254 people, most of them civilians.
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German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.
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German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.
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Massive German air raids on London, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/children-shelter.htm -
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/rommel.htm
German attack on Tobruk is repulsed -
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/children-shelter.htm
Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins. -
The first thousand bomber in the British air raid against Cologne.
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Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships.
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Italy declares war on Germany; Second American air raid on Schweinfurt.
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Russians recapture Kiev in the Ukraine.
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First attack toward Cassino, Italy.
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Finland and the Soviet Union agree to a cease-fire.
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French troops drive through the 'Belfort Gap' to reach the Rhine.
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French capture Strasbourg
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German forces in the Ruhr surrender.
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Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans; Allies take Venice.
