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Germany Invades Poland
On this day, hitler and his army invade poland and officially began ww2, the reason he invaded Poland was to expand his territory and wipe out nazi enemies. -
Britain & France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler invaded poland, despite the English public being heavily against going to war again. -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea Lion was a code name for the planned attack of the united kingdom through France, executed by Germany, but due to Englands superior naval force Germany never went through with the attack. -
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
Winston Churchhill became Prime Minister of Britian just as ww2 began, he was 90 years old and would go on to lead Britian through war, turmoil and death, and has become known as Britains most popular Prime Minister. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
Dunkirk was a British run operation to deafeat the german forces france, but quickly the german army stopped britian from advanceing to France, and left thousands of English troops stranded in the middle of the ocean, this meant there needed to be an evacuation of the soldiers, this evacuation was called Operation Dynamo and suceeded in saving over 300,000 men. -
Italy enters war on side of Axis powers
Italy's role in ww2 was short but eventful, lead by dictator, Benito Mussolini the country joned the german forces and was involved in battles with, France, parts of Africa and Greece -
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. -
France signs armistice with Germany
Because of Germany's exceptionally effective war efforts, France was quickly taken over and forced to surrender, this left Britian with an uncertain future because France was deemed to be one of its strongest allies. It took only six weeks for germany to defeat France. -
Tripartite Pact signed
the tripartite act wasan agreement signed by Germany, Italy and Japan, the agreement formalised the three countries alliance. -
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Siege of Tobruk
The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied forces in Libya, during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. -
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation barbarossa was the code name for the Axis powers plan to invade Russia, this battle failed and Germany was defeated significantly due to russias large amounts of tanks and weapons, Russia also had copious amounts of oil and an advantage due to the battle being in its home country. -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
After Japans alliance with Germany, and the pearl harbour attack that killed over 2,000 civilians the U.S.A and Britian decided to declare war on Japan. -
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Japan takes Singapore
Japan took over Singapore and named it the "light of the south island" but when Japan surrendered at the end of the war, the coutry became a colony of Britain. -
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First Battle of El Alamein
The First Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign fought in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa (Panzerarmee Afrika) this battle was an important turning point in the war due to the struggle to control the desert finally ending, the allies with help from the African Army gained control of this territory from germany. -
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Battle of Midway
The battle of midway was a naval battle between Japan and the United States not long after Pearl Harbour, the battle of midway was important because although Japan recived a tactical victory, overall the US would come out of the battle in better condition, with less boats damaged and a greater impact on the future of the war. -
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Second Battle of El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it was the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of stalingrad was a ruthless battle that included highly trained soldiers involved in very harsh ground level guerilla warfare, to take control of Russias capital city, Stalingrad. it was the largest confrontation of ww2 and nearly completely destroyed the city. -
D-Day Landings
The D-Day Landings was when the allied troops landed innormand France, to fight the Nazis, the event took place at roughly the same time as Dunkirk. -
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Battle of the Bulge
The battle of the bulge was a battle between the axis powers and the US, many US soldiers where killed because of the suprise german blitzkreig attack. -
Mussolini Captured and Executed
Benito Mussolini, Italy's violent, war driven, fascist dictator, was captured and shot after heavy fallback from Italy's dire condition, a lack of succesful military efforts and poverty stricken population, he was captured on his way to a hotel and eventually executed through a descision made by popular socialist politicians. Mussolini died without pride or legacy. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Just days after Mussolini is murdered and the axis powers where losing Aldolf Hitler kills himself while hiding in a bunker. -
German Forces Surrender
Germany officially surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict in World War II. General Alfred Jodl, representing the German High Command, signed the unconditional surrender of both east and west forces in Reims, France, which would take effect the following day. -
V.E Day
this day is to mark the official surrendering of the axis powers and the end of warfare for all of Europe. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
On this day an American aircraft flew over japan carrying the first ever atomic bomb, when it droppedthe nuclear weapon killed over 80,000 civilians and would mark a collosal moment in history, the damage of the bomb itself was only the start of it. once a weapon so muderous was concieved the world would never be the same again. from this point of an atomic bomb will always be a risk. -
Soviet Union Declares War on Japan
The Russians declared war on Japan just days before the bombing of Nagasaki and Japan's utimate surrendering, the soviets invaded Manchurian territory and defeated the Japanese army quite quickly due to the overwhelming events of Hiroshima just days before. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
America's second nuclear weapon killed over 40,000 people, and began an arms race with several other countriesto securing the next atomic bomb. -
Japanese surrender – End of WWII
After the devestating bombings Japan had no will to keep on going, thecountry had been broken, surendering was the only option. -
United Nations is Born
The U.N was first concieved after ww2, to ensure nothing like the atrcities that had just occured would ever happen again.