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Germany takes over Czeckoslovakia
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Germany invaded Poland
On the first of September Germany invaded Poland which was about to start a major war. -
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany
This day the war was declared of germany by the British Prime Minister. -
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Battle of the Atlantic
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Canada declares war on Germany
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Winston Churchill become Prime Minister
He becomes prime minister of Britain. -
Germany attacks western Europe
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The German Army enters France
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Dunkirk
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340,000 British and French soldiers are evacuated from Dunkirk
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Italy declares war on France and Britain
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War in Africa
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German Army takes over Paris
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Italy invades southern France
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France surrender to Germany
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Battle of Britain
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Battle of Britain begins
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London Blitz start
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Operation Barbarossa
Germany's code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union. -
The Japanese attack the USA naval base at Pearl Harbour
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USA declares war on Japan
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Germany and Italy declare was on USA.
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Italy swap sides and declare war on Germany
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D-Day
British and U.S. troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
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The first atomic bomb is dropped by The United States on Hiroshima killing 78,000 citizens
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Japan surrender, end of WW2
