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German troops attack Poland, France and Britain declare war on Germany. This is the beginning of WWII.
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n May 1940 Hitler wants to take revenge for the defeat in WW I. Because of the German “Blitzkrieg” strategy France surrenders on 22nd June 1940.
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The Royal Airforce and the Royal Navy defend the United Kingdom against attacks by the German air force, the Luftwaffe.
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Between June 1940 and May 1943 this campaign took place in Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. In the end the German general M. Rommel was defeated by the Allies.
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Hitler sends over three million soldiers and three thousand tanks to invade the Soviet Union. The ultimate goal included the eventual extermination, enslavement, Germanization and mass deportation of the Slavic peoples to create more Lebensraum (living space) for Germany
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This day marks the start of the liberation of France and Western Europe.
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British troops liberate the concentration camp at Bergen Belsen, where about 37000 people had been brutally murdered by the Nazis
American troops liberate Dachau concentration camp and also forced local citizens to the camp to see for themselves the conditions there. Many local residents claimed no knowledge of the activities at the camp. -
In four air raids by British and American bombers the city of Dresden is completely destroyed.
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A division of the 1st US liberates the city of Cologne.
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.In his bunker beneath the Reichkanzlei in Berlin Hitler kills himself together with his wife, Eva Braun.
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