Word War II Timeline

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    Invasions of Poland

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    The Invasions of Poland was a joint attack on Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union.The Invasion of Poland was one of the sparks the began WWll. Before the invasion Germany and Soviet Union signed a pact stated they would not start war with each other for the next ten years. Germany invaded Poland from the north,west,and south and the Soviet Union invaded from the east. Germany and Soviet Union won.
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    Battle of France

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    The Battle of France which can aslo be called the Fall of France is when Gernmany invaded France and captured Paris.Insix weeks Germany had so much power he defeated the allied powers and coqured land all over Westren Europe.Hitler and Bentio Mussolini were allies so when Germany inaded France,Italy also tried to invade France. The Italian invasion of France was the last major battle of the Battle of France
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    Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain was was an air battle between the Luftwaffle,which was the German airforce and the Britsh Royal airforce.Germany made many extensive attacks on Britian,but luckly Britain was able to hold off the German attacks. This battle was a major allied victoy because the The Royal Air Fore defended the United Kingdom to win the war. The fact that Britain won was a major turing point.
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  • Lend Lease

    Lend Lease
    The Lend Lease is when the United States provided military suppiles to forgein land.On 11th March 1941, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. The legislation gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the powers to sell, transfer, exchange, lend equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers.
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    Germay invades Soviet Union

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    Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Germany was driven by an ideological desire to conquer the Western Soviet Union so that it could be repopulated by Germans. The invasion ended in the Soviet Union defeating Geramny at Stalingrad, this was the turing point in the war in Eastern Europe.
  • Battle Of Pearl Harbor

    Battle Of Pearl Harbor
    On December 7,1941 Japan dropped a surpirse attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor.The base was attack by 353 Japanese fighter planes,bombers,and torpedo planes. The naval base was deteriorated ,battleships,crusiers,destroyers were destroyed and sunk. 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 were wounded. This attack led the Unites States to enter World War II.
  • Declaring War

    Declaring War
    After the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the United States and then the U.S. declared war on Japan and Germany. All of this happened four days after the bombing, on December 11, 1941. In effect World War II got even bigger and more violent.
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    Battle of Midway

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    Japanese had planned to capture a strategic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean,The Japanese wanted to lure the Americans into a battle they were sure to lose. Americans had broken the Japanese code though, so they could understand the messages. Americans admiral Chester Nimitz planned an effective defense and it worked perfectly, with the Americans destroying 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and winning a great victory.
  • Norway Landings

    Norway Landings
    The Normandy landings the codenamed was Operation Neptune were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front.
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    Atomic Bomb

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    Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9.
    About two-thirds of Hiroshima was destroyed immediately about 66,000 people were killed and 69,000 injured.
    About half of Nagasaki was destroyed immediately about 39,000 people were killed and 25,000 injured. After this the Japan Emperor surendered from World War ll.