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Germany invaded Poland
This was a very significant date in history because Poland was allies with U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africaand Yugoslavia and this set evryone off and declared War on Germany. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
On 2nd of september 1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany becasue Germany invaded Poland on the 1st of September.This was an important date because it was the start of an horrific World War 2 where many people lost there lives. -
Germany invades Russia (Operation Barbarossa)
Operation Barbarossa is very important because it was the beginning of the end of the Third Reich. By going to war with the Soviet Union in 1941 after having already declared war on Britain, Hitler and the German military was fighting a two-front war which it could never win. -
Japanese bomb the American fleet at Pearl Harbour
America had placed a ban on Japan due to their increasing power and taking over most of the South Pacific islands. Japan was wanting to increase its oil for its war effort and saw the Pacific Fleet of the United States as its biggest threat. -
Japanese bomb Darwin (the first of 64 attacks)
The Japanese first attacked Darwin on the morning of 19 February 1942. This was the first time since European settlement that Australia had been attacked by a foreign enemy.The bombing on Darwin was very significant because it showed that the Japense were plannning on taking over Australia. -
D-Day Landings in Normandy, France.
6th of June 1944 is the day that British, Canadian, American and Free French Allied Forces invaded occupied France, and had began the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany. -
The end of war in Europe
World War 2 finally came to an end on the 8th of May 1945, when Adolf Hitler had committed suicide.This was a very significant date because World War 2 was officially declared over in Europe and other western countries. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In August 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.This was devastating incident which caused many deaths and severe injuries. -
Japan unconditionally surrendered
It was very important that the Japanese surrended because America just invented the atomic bomb so they had no choice to surrender uless they wanted to loose alot of there peoples lives.