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after Hitler came into power one of his first polecies was to sign a noneagression pact with poland. Weeks after the invation poland was defeated. Polands defences were broke due to the 2000 tanks and 1000 planes oof germany.
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Because of germanys invation on poland on sep 1 Britian and france declared war on germany on sep 3. Austria and New zeland joined when britain declared war.
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This is the day Russia invaded finland. It was called the "winter wars", Finlands armys small with about 15000 men and hardely any tanks. The Sovietts had better wepons and more men.
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due to the war Finnland had to submit to the soviets demands. They lost aabout 10% of there country. And 12% of the population was killed.
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This is the day Germany invaded denmark and norway. German wanted to take controll of Norways naval basses to use against Britain. on june 10 Norway surrenderd to Germany.
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Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Winston churchill becomes prime minister of Britain. On june 22 France surrenders.
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Italy declares war on France and Britain. Though Germany did not need the help, Mussolini could not bare to let germany do it alone. So on june 20 italy invaded france.
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Italy invades Egypt wich begins the north african campaign. This is called the "glory" italy was seeking for 3 centuries. But italy had to get get through the British forces occupying the area first.
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This is the day Japan joined the axis forces in the war. But the Axis forces werent as organized with working together like the allies. They just agreed to work together to expand.
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Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia. By using Bulgaria as an access point German invaded greece with 24 divisions and 1200 tanks. By april 20th greece offers to surrender.
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Germany surrenders and the war in Europe is over. Today the day is rememberd as VE day(victory in Europe). In germany its known as liberty day wich celebrates the liberation of the nazi government.
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This is the day that japan surrenders. WW2 is finally over. celebration swept all over the world like wildfire.
