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From September 39 until May 1940 nothing happened, Germans called it the Sitting War, British called it the Phoney War, every one waited
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Germany invaded Holland, Belgium and France. German blitzkrieg (Lightning War) and all three countries surrender in weeks.
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August & September 1940. One of the most famous battles of WWII. Germany wanted to control the English Channel.
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Attack of Japenese of Pearl Harbor. FDR brought the US into WWII after this event.
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August 1945.
Both towns killed by Japan bombing.