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Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the death of the Archduke
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He kills the Archduke and his wife Sofia and sparks WWI
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Gavrilo Princip is arrested
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Russia mobilizes to defend Serbia
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Germany orders France and Russia to stop mobilizing
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Germany invades Belgium
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Britain declares war on Germany
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France mobilizes to support its Russian ally
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Hitler eventually abandoned air
attacks on the airfields and ordered daylight
bombing raids on London. This allowed Britain’s
forces to regroup and later win the battle. -
Hitler launched an invasion called
“Operation Barbarossa” with 3 million German
troops. -
The Japanese launched a surprise attack
on the American naval base. -
The Americans intercepted the Japanese
fleet which was preparing to conquer these
islands. -
5,000 Canadians landed on the beach
with the goal of taking the beach and the town
back from the Germans. -
Germany wanted to cut off all Allied
supplies to Britain; British and Canadian navies
wanted to put an end to the German submarine
threat. -
Hitler attacked Stalingrad because of its
name, and to go past it to the Caucasus oil fields. -
The Germans and the Italians sought
control of Egypt. -
Allied forces, including Canadians,
anded on Sicily using an amphibious attack, and
then moved onto the mainland. -
“Operation Overlord” was the Allied
invasion of German-held Europe. -
The Americans took on virtually the
whole Japanese fleet. -
Canadian forces drove the NAZIS to
retreat from Holland and surrender. -
Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb
on the city. -
Truman dropped another atomic bomb
since Japan did not surrender immediately
