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World War II began on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland.Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3 -
On 10 May 1940, the Germans attacked Belgium and the Netherlands launching the Blitzkrieg (lightning war) -
Germany failed to defeat the RAF and Britain secured one of its most significant victories of the Second World War.
A short video on Battle of Britain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sO5AXP2RjM&pp=ygUgc2hvcnQgdmlkZW8gb24gYmF0dGxlIG9mIGJyaXRhaW4%3D -
German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941 -
7 December 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, inviting USA into the war -
Battle of Midway, June 4-7 1942, Japanese offensive in the Pacific was overturned and the United States begin shrinking the Japanese empire -
Battle of El Alamein, October 23 1942-November 11 1942, The Axis army of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army. -
Battle of Stalingrad, August 23 1942- February 2 1943, The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army.
A short video about the Battle of Stalingrad:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DLaExkhWYRo -
June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord, the Allied forces landed troops on Normandy beaches for the largest amphibious assault in history, beginning the march eastward to defeat Germany. -
On December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945,Battle of the Bulge started with German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France after the Allies forced German troops to withdraw. -
On Feb 13, 1945 – Feb 15, 1945,The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. -
The death of Benito Mussolini, the deposed Italian fascist dictator, occurred on 28 April 1945 -
On April 30, 1945, Hitler, dictator of Germany and the leader of the Nazi Party commited suicide -
The surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, and ended World War II in Europe on 8 May 1945 -
The first atomic bomb, was dropped on Hiroshima at 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945. The second bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki at 11:02 AM on August 9, 1945 from US. -
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close.