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German forces aid Spanish nationalists against Spanish republicans. The blitzkrieg war concept is first debuted here, and the Allies begin to realize the threat Germany is to Europe.
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Adolf Hitler annexes the Sudetenland into Germany. Immediately afterwards he Blitz's the rest of the country
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Germany invades Poland. This unprecedented invasion outrages Britain and France.
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Within days of the invasion, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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The German forces halt their advance to allow British and French forces to retreat back to Britain. Over 300 thousand troops are rescued from the city.
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Allied forces begin removal of German forces from North Africa and capture valuable oil and metal fields needed by Germany.
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France signs an armistice with Germany six weeks after the Germans invade.
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Adolf Hitler orders non-stop day and night bombing of London.
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After a great final stand, the British sank the German battleship Bismark. This provided a much needed morale boost to British citizens.
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Imperial Japan launches a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet moored at Pearl Harbor, amidst peace talks. This outrages the US people and the US joins the war against Germany and Japan
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The Japanese attack us forces at Wake Island, forcing them off the island.
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On April 18, 1942, 16 B-25' took off from carriers off the coast of Japan to bomb Tokyo. As soon as the planes launched, the carriers returned back to the US. As a result, Imperial Japan pulled massive amounts of troops and machinery back to Japan, weakening Japanese offensive ability in the Pacific.
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The US and Imperial Japan clash in a massive naval and land battle at the Midway islands. Here the Japanese loses a massive amount of naval strength. After this battle, Japan will not gain anymore ground in the Pacific Theatre.
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Adolf Hitler has pushed deep into Russia and decides to launch an attack on the Soviet city of Stalingrad instead of push to Moscow. After a long bloody battle lasting months, Soviet forces trap the German army. The Germans lose a massive amount of troops in this fight and will never make progress again in the East.
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Allied forces land on Normandy beach after an incredibly rough fight, German forces retreat deeper into France.
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The US attacks the one of the largest and one of the last major Japanese strongholds in the Pacific, resulting in a long bloody battle with the US coming out victorious.
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Germany formally surrenders to allied forces
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A US b29 bomber drops the first atomic weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing roughly 146-thousand people.
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A US b29 drops the second, and last, aatomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing roughly 80-thousand people.
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Japan surrenders to the US aboard the USS Iowa, ending the Pacific War and WWII.