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An agreement between germany, britain, france, and italy. This was intended to prevent war but went the complete opposite way.
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This was an 8 month long war that lacked major land battles between the declaration war and the western front.
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Hitler controlled forces and told them to invade poland, which was the beginning of ww2. This invasion was part of hitlers agressive expansionist plans according to sources.
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They both declared war on germany because this was their revenge from its invasion in Poland. This war ended the policy of appeasement that the nations was pursuing.
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Neville Chamberlain resigned as Prime Minister of the UK, after the norway debate. He resigned because he was under attack from different political sides from the first months of war.
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a battle fought between the raf and the germans during ww2. raf's goal was to defend the uk from the german attacks, while the germans were looking to gain power over britain. The germans lost due to strategic reasons, etc.
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A big naval battle in the midway. It was a american victory that weakened japan's power.
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italy surrendes to the allies in september, following the invasion of Sicily. This surrenders ended italy's participation in the war.
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Rome was liberated on June 4, 1944 and was actually the first capital to be from the nazi germans. The british 8th army, and the us 5th army did it.
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This was an invasion from Normandy. Allies launched the biggest invasion landing on 180,000 troops in Normandy.
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a source stats that "operation plumber was a military operation to cross the rhine on the night of 23 March 1945.
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They declared this war as part of ww2. They did this after germany's surrender and because they had a promise with stalin that they had to take care of. The soviet invaded another place the day after the declaration.
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this was a time when the United States and the soviet union and the allies had tension. This lasted from 1947 to 1991.
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This is a day to celebrate the official end of ww2 in europe, after germany surrendered to the allied forces.