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Germany invades poland
Hitler turned to Poland, having taken Czechoslovakia without any resistance, he thought that Britain and France would not try to stop him in this cooutry, He said the city of Danzing must be returned to Germany and Germany must have access to Danzing through Polish territory. But Hitler was wrong, to his surprise pledged to defend Poland. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
he goverments of Britain and France were not as frightened by the German-Soviet Pact us Hitler had hoped. Italy and Japan, annoyed by the news of the pact, refused to help Hitler, this was good news forBritain and France, who also heartened to know that the dominations of Canada, Australia and New Zeland support a new tough line and had abandoned appeasement. To Hitler surprise Britain and France declare war over Germany, even do they could do ver litle to stop a German victoty in Poland. -
Soviet forces crossed the Polish frontier and took control of eastern Poland
Soviet forces took control over eastern Poland, this was part of the deal Hitler had struck with stalin before the war in the Naxy--Soviet Pact. Stalin also moved his troops into the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. -
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Phoney War
From October 1939, to April 1940, there was a little fighting between Britan, France and Germany. This period became known us the Phoney War. -
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Fightin between the USSR and Finland.
Fighting did take place in the winter of 1939-40 between the USSR and the small Baltic state of Finland. The Finish army fought with great skill and ferocity and it took from october 1939 to March 1940 to the USSR defeat the small neighbour. Eventually Finland was defeated and forced to give territory and a naval base to the USSR. -
Germany invaded Norway and also Denmark
Germany respond to the action of the British and the French miniging the Norwegian ti stop the trade of iron ore by invading Norway and Denmark. The fall of Finland, Norway and Denmark led to a political crisis in Britain and France -
Wiston Churchil came to power
Britain and France were in a political crisis, and both prime ministers were forced to resign, in Britain Winston Churchill came to power in May 1940. -
Hitler struck west
After months of waiting Hitler struck west in may 1940. The Netherlands, Belguim and France were rapidly defeated by German forces. British army was forced to flee from the continent back to Britain. Germany took direct control of much of France. France was beaten and much of Europe occupated -
Mussolini joined forces with Germany
ensing that the war was nearly over Mussolini joined forces with Germany, He want Italy to get some of the rewards of victory. The italian attempt was to share Hitler victory was disastrously wrong, An Italian amry was defeated by Britain, North Africa and Grece succesfully stopped an Italian attempr to invade, Hitler was obliged to send German forces to north Africa and Grece in order to help his new ally. -
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germany bomb Britain
The German airforce, the Lufwaffe, set out to win control of the air over Britain. This was the first stage of invasion plan. German planes bombed military sites, factories and the capital city, London. The British airforce RAF, fought back and the clash of two airforces became known us the Batle of Britain. Altought there were heavy loses on both sides the RAF got the upper hand in the Batle of Britain and as a result Hitler was forced to put off his plans for an invasion of Britain. -
France and Britain started mining Norwegian Waters
In April 1940 French and Britain started mining Norwegian Waters, in order to stop the trade of iron ore. -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union
Germany invaded the Soviet Union in an operation known to the Germans liders as Barbarossa. An army of 3 million men stormed into the USSR, armed with over 3000 tanks and 5000 aircraft. Stalin was taken completly by surprise. Stalin was taken completly by surprise. German forces capture the ley cities, but failed taking the capital, where a fierce resistance was waiting. -
Japan went to war with the USA
he japanese went to war against USA, with a surprise attack in the US naval base of pearl harbour. The result of these war was that the USA joined forces with Britain and the USSR to fight Germany, Japan and Italy. In the end this was to swing the balance of the war against Germany. -
Japan seized control of Eastern Asia and the islands of the Pacific
At first Japan was all conquering and in the early months of 1942 Japanese forces seized control of much of Eastern Asia and The islands of the Pacific -
Batle of Midway
It was a batle between the USA and the japanese, where the first ones stoped the japanese army to conquered. -
German army attacked USSR again
In the summer of 1942, the germans renewed their attack on the USSR. They concerned their forces in the south and tried to capture the southern city of Stalingrad -
Batle of Stalingrad
A fierce Batle for the control of the city mentioned was fought during the autumn. The Soviet forces launched a counter attack in November and the German army was eventually surounded. At the end of january 1943 the German arm surrendered. The batle of Stalingrad was a crucial event. It proved thet the Red Army could beat the German army. After Stalingrad Germany was on the defensive and the war began against Hitler. -
Batle of Alamein
In october 1942 the German army in north Africa was defeat by British forces at the Batle of Alemein. By may 1943 the Germans and Italians had been completely driven out north of Africa. -
British and American forces in Italy.
The British and the American forces landed to Italy in 1943. The Germans, put up stiff resistance to the liberation of Italy. -
Germans abandoned Leningrad
n January 1944 the Germans abandoned the siege of Leningrad, which had been going on for over two years. By the summer of 1944 the Germans were in Retreat across the Soviet Union -
Rome taken
In June 1944, rome, capital of Italy was taken, no less than by his allies. -
France invaded. "D Day"
France was invaded on 6 june 1944. This was known us D Day. By August the British and the Americans forces had reached Paris. The Germans launched a conuter attack in December 1944 in the Arfennes area of Belgium. After some early success the German attack was turned back -
Americans invaded the Philippines
In october 1944 the Americans invaded the Philippines. Over 170.000 Japanese soldiers were killed before the capital, Manila was taken. -
Germans attack Belguim
The Germans launched a counter-attack in December 1944 in the Ardennes area of Belgium. After some early success the German attack was turned back. -
German power collapse
German power in Europe finally collapsed in April 1945. Soviet forces captured Berlin and Hitler committed suicide. -
Germans surrendered
The German forces finally surrendered on 8 may 1945 but the war continued against Japan. The american goverment was very worried at the level of Japanese resistance. -
Atomic bombs dropped in Japanese islands
The Americans expected a huge loss of life if they invaded and tried to conquer the isalands of Japan. American scientist had been working for some yesrs on the development od a new kind of weapon, the immensely powerful atomic bomb. In august 1945 two atomic bombs were dropped in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Japanese goverment surrender---End of war
The devastation caused by these bombs force the Japanese goverment to surrender on the 14 August 1945. The second World War was over
