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The German dictator Adolf Hitler occupied Poland starting the Second World War. -
The germans launched an offensive to the West front. They aquired Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and France. -
The Battle of Britain was the successful defense of Great Britain against the air raids conducted by the German air force in 1940 after the fall of France. -
Lightning war between the Nazi Germany and the United Kingdom. -
It was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany -
It was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. -
The Empire of Japan captured the British island and naval base of Singapore. -
Was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
It was the major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later renamed to Volgograd) in Southern Russia. -
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. -
Was the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon, between combined American and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), as part of the invasion of Leyte, which aimed to isolate Japan from the countries it had occupied in Southeast Asia which were a vital source of industrial and oil supplies. -
Was a meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe (the big three). -
Was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. -
British forces liberated the camp. -
The Victory in Europe Day was the celebrating day of the Allie's victory. -
The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people. -
Was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito finishing the World War Two.