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On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland on the false pretext that Poland had launched attacks on German territory.[49] On 3 September the United Kingdom and France declared war, followed by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. The Allies were cut off from Poland and could provide little support. Poland collapsed in two weeks, before the Allies were ready to move in the west. The United Kingdom and France also began a naval blockade of Germany, which like the blockade in the First
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In April 1940, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway to protect shipments of iron ore from Sweden, which the Allies were attempting to cut off by unilaterally mining neutral Norwegian waters.[60] Denmark capitulated after a few hours, and despite Allied support, during which the important harbour of Narvik temporarily was recaptured by the British, Norway was conquered within two months.[61] British discontent over the Norwegian campaign led to the replacement of the British Prime Minister, Neville
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May 10, 1940, Germany began planning the invasion of France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
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Eventually to the beginning of June the same year, the British army to abandon its shipped to the European continent from heavy equipment and emergency evacuation of Dunkirk
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When June 10 followed the German invasion of France, Italy, and declared war on France and Britain, 12 days after the French government has surrendered
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Malta at the beginning of June, August captured British Somaliland, and in September 1940 when a British colonial invasion of Egypt.
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October 1940 when Italy invaded Greece tries, but failed
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When in November 1940, the Axis forces began a major expansion of its own
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June 22, 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the United States European Axis Group's other co-invasion of the Soviet Union。
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When the Allied counter-offensive in North Africa in November 1941, the Crusaders action (Operation Crusader) had successfully recaptured the occupied areas of Germany and Italy
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December 8, 1941, while Japan and the United States by the British mastered surrounding areas in Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands offensive, which also includes the attack on Pearl Harbor is located in the U.S. fleet, captured in Thailand and Malaya region and the occupation of Hong Kong etc.
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January 1942, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and another 22 along a small country or a government in exile, signed the "UN Declaration"
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When in April 1942, Japan to cooperate with Thailand, has been almost completely occupied Burma, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, and Rabaul Haier, the allied forces under the Japanese offensive in general cause serious losses, while Japanese also captured a large number of prisoners
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Mid-November when the Germans have scored Stalingrad
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Allied forces began the offensive launched several cases in Burma, culminating retreat back to India again in May 1943
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In early February 1943 the German Army has been difficult to maintain the front, which was originally occupied by German troops at Stalingrad surrendered
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May 1943, Allied troops to the Aleutian Islands and the occupation of the local Japanese troops at war
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July 4, 1943, the Germans from their front prominent Kursk region launched a large-scale offensive action
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July 12, 1943 the Soviet Union launched its own offensive operations
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September 1943 the Western Allies invaded the Italian mainland
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February when the Soviet Union invaded Silesia and Pomerania.
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When in March, Allied troops were from the Rhine north, south, crossed the Rhine River Rhine and Ruhr region, and then in the Ruhr Army successfully encircle Germany B Army
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When the end of March 1944 the Allies successfully complete these two objectives, in addition, the collapse of Japan's important base Truk in the Caroline Islands
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Allied troops decided to give priority to regain West New Guinea region
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When Allied troops finally broke through early April at the Italian defense with the front push towards the west of Germany
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In late April, when Soviet troops invaded the success of Berlin.
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June 6, 1944 the Western Allies began a large-scale invasion of northern France
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September 1944 Soviet troops advance into Yugoslavia
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December 1944, Germany began to build the rest of the armed forces as well as back-up and launch a massive counter-offensive in the Ardennes, the Germans hoped that by recapture the port of Antwerp to occupy most of the land to make the Western Allies to suspend offensive.
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April 30, 1945 the Reichstag was Soviet troops occupied Nazi Germany also means the failure of the entire military operation
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May 7, 1945, the date when the German government to Hans signed the "unconditional surrender of Germany."
