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Germany invades Poland
Britain and France had pledged to defend Poland -
Britain declares war on Germany
The French and British coul do very little to stop a German victory in Poland. Polish resistance collapsed -
Soviet forces crossed the Polish frontier
This was part of the deal Hitler had struck with stalin before the war Nazi-Soviet pact. -
The USSR defeat her neighbour (this event lasted until march 1940)
Eventually Finland was defeated and forced to give territory and a naval base to the USSR -
A fight between Britain, France and Germany (this event lasted until april 1940)
This period was called "phoney war" -
French and British started mining Norwegian waters
Germany responded by invading Norway and Denmark -
Wistnon Churchill came to power in Britain
He came to power because both prime minister were forced to resing. -
The war was nearly over Mussolini joined force with Germany
He wanted Italy to get some of the rewards of victory -
Germany planes bombed military sites, factories and the capital city
This was the first stage of invasion plan on Britain -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union
This was one of the great turning points of the war. At first The Blitzkrieg approach was succesful for Germany. -
The Japanese went to war against the Usa
While the battle for Moscow raged the most powerful country in the world, the USA get involved. -
Japanese forces seized control of much of esatern Asia and the islands of the Pacific
At first Japan was all-conquering. -
In the summer German attack the USSR
They concentrated their forces in the south and tried to capture the southern city of stalingard. -
The USA stopped the tide of Japanese conquest
At the batte of Misway Island. -
The German army was defeated by British forces
At the battle of El Alamein. -
The German army at stalingrad surrendered
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Germans and Italians had been completely driven out of North Africa
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British and americans landed Italy
The war went against Hitler and his allies. -
Germans abandoned the Siege of Lenigrad
Which had been going on for over two yeras. -
France was invaded and Rome was taken by the British
Rome was taken i 1945 that the whole of italy was under British and Americans controls. -
The Americans invaded the Philippines
Over 170000 Japanes soldiers were killed -
German power collapsed in Europe
Soviet forces captured Berlin and Hitler committed suicide. -
The German forces finally surrendered
But the war continued against Japan -
Two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagaski.
The devastation caused by these bombs forced the Japanese goverment to surrender -
THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS OVER
