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Germany invades Poland
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British governments declared war on Germany, the French and the British could do very little to stop a German victory in Poland, Polish resistance had collapsed
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They cross the Polish frontier and took control of part of the eastern Poland. This was part of the deal Hitler had struck with Stalin before the war in the Nazi-Soviet Pact
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- Fighting between USSR and the Baltic state of Finland.
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The french and the british started mining the Norwegian waters to stop the trade in iron ore. Germay responded by invading Norway and Denmark, the falla of Finland, Norway and Denmark led to a political crisis in Britain and France.
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*In Britan Winston Churchill came to power
*Hitler struck west -
Hitler wanted Germany to get some of the rewards of victory
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German bombed militar sites, factories and the capital city, London.
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Germany invaded the Soviet Union and operation known to the German leaders as Barbarossa
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Germans reneved their attack on the USSR
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German army in Africa was defeated by British forces
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*German army at Stalingrad surrender, the battle for Stalingrad was a crucial event.
* British and American forces in Italy -
Germans and Italians had been driven out of north Africa,
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Germans abandoned the siege of Leningrad which had been going on for over 2 years.
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*Rome was taken by the allies
* France was invaded by the allies -
British and American forces had reached Paris
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Americans invaded Philippines
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The ardennes area of Belguin was counter attacked by Germans
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German power in Europe collapsed, Soviet forces captured Berlin and Hitler commited suicide.
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German forces surrendered but the war continued against Japan
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The end of the second world war
