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Germany invaded Poland
The Second World War began when Germany invaded Poland,France and Britain wanted to defend Poland. -
France and Britain against Germany
French and British goverments declared war on Germany but they could do very little to stop Germany ´s victory in Poland. Suddenly Polish resistance had collapsed. -
Soviet Forces took action
Soviet forces crossed the polish frontier and took control of part of eastern Poland.This was part of the deal Hitler struck with Stalin.Hitler´s methods ( overwhelming force in short time to crush the enemy) were known as Blitzkrieg. -
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Phoney War
This was a little fighting between Britain, France and Germany.and this period of time was called the Phoney war. -
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Winter War
"Winter War" was a war between Finland and the URSS in the small Baltic state of Finland. The Finnish army fought with great skill and ferocity but in the end the URSS defeated her small neighbour. -
France and Britain started mining Norwegian waters
The French and British started mining Norwegian waters at the same time Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.The fall of Finland,Norway and Denmark led to a political crisis in France and Britain -
President Churchill
In Britain Winston Churchill came to power in May. -
Hitler attacked the Low countries and France.
After months of waiting, Hitler struck west. The Netherlands, Belgium and France were invaded and rapidly defeated by German foreces.At this point it seemed that Hitler had virtually won the war.Only Britain remainedto fight GERMANY. The picture is in Calais, France in ruins, May 1940. -
Germany´s allie: Mussolini
Sensing that the war was nearly over Mussolini joined forces with Germany. -
Battle in Britain
Having defeated France, Hitler prepared for a German invasion in Britain.The German airforce, the Luftwaffe set out to win control of the air over Britain, this was the first stage of Hitler´s plan.German planes bombed military sites,factories and London. -
Hitler turns east: The Soviet Union
Germany invaded the Soviet Onuion in an operation n known to the German leaders as Barbarossa.Stalin was taken by surprise. German forces penetrated deep inside the Soviet Union capturing key cities. The picture shows Soviet prisoners under German Guard. -
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Germany attack the USSR.
They concentred their forces in the south and tried to capture the southern city of Stalingrad.The Soviet forces were launched a counter in November and in the end of January 1943 the German army at Stalingrad surrendered. This proved that the Red army could beat the German army. -
Things go wrong for Hitler
Over 3 million Soviet troops had been captured and Germans were moving to Moscow. At this point the campaign began to go wrong for Hitler.German troops were not equipped for the freezing Russian winter because Hitler thought that war would be over in three months. -
Attack on Pearl harbor
The japanese went to war against USA with a surprise attack on the US naval base of Perl Harbor. Usa didn´t know that Japan had been planning the attack for months.USA joined forces with the USSR to fight Germany,Japan and Italy. This picture is in United States Naval Base (Pearl Harbour), Hawaii. -
USA stopped Japan
In june, USA stopped the tide of japanese conquest at the battle of midway Island.After Midway, American forces began a slow process of capturinf the islands of the Pacific from the japanese. -
Germany defeated Africa
The German army in north Africa was defeated by British forces at the Battle of El Alamein. -
No Germans in Africa
Germans and Italians had been completely driven out of north Africa. -
Taking Rome
Rome was taking in June 1944 but it was not until 1945 that the whole of Italy was under British and American control. -
`D Day´
France was invaded on 6 Junemthis day was known as `D Day´. By 25 August the British and American forces had reached Paris. -
Reaching Paris
British and American forces reached Paris -
German retreat
The Germans were in retreat across the Soviet Union. -
USA took revange
The Americans invaded the Philippines. Over 170,000 Japanese soldiers were killed before the capital Manila was taken. -
German counter-attack
The Germans launched a counter-attack in the Ardennes are of Belgium. After some early success the German attack was turned back -
German forces surrender
But the war continued against Japan. -
Atomic Bombs in Japan
Two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
The World War second finished
The devastations caused by the bombs forced the Japanese government to surrender. The Second World War was over.
