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Germany invades Poland
This was the beggining og the Second World War. Britain and France had pledged to defend Poland. -
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World Way II
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Britain declares war on Germany
France and Britain can´t do anything to stopped German victory in Poland, So early the Polish resistance had collapsed. -
Soviet forces invaded 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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Phoney War
This was the period were appeared little fightings between Britain, France and Germany. -
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USSR defeat Finland
Finland was forced to give territory and a naval base to the USSR. -
Political crisis between Britain and France
French and the British started mining Norwegian waters, so Germany invaded. -
Winston Churchill come to British power
In consequence of Finland´s fall, the prime minister of France and Britain were forced to resign. -
Germany defeated and invaded Netherlands, Belgium and France
A Britisg army was forced to flee from the continent back to Britain from the port of Dunkirk. -
Mussolini joined forces with Germany
He wanted Italy to get some of the rewards of victory. -
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Battle of Britain
Hitler put off his plans for an invasion of Britain -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union
This event was in an opperation known to the German leaders as Barbarossa. -
Holocaust
"Final solution" by Germany -
German troops fail
With the capture of the Soviet Union´s capital, because they weren´t equipped for the freezing winter. -
Japanese and the USA became on war
USA joined forces with Britain and the URRS to fight Germany -
Japanese forces get control
Of Eastern Asia and the islands of the Pacific -
Germany renewed his attack on the URRS
Stalin was taken by surprise. German forces penetrated deep inside the Soviet Union capturing key cities. -
USA stopped the tide of Japanese conquest
at the battle of Midway Island -
Germany army was defeated by British forces
At the battle of El Alamein -
The Soviet forces launched a counter attack
Also Germany army was eventually surrounded -
Germany army surrounded
At Stalingrad -
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British and American forces landed in Italy
The Germans put up stiff resistance to the liberation of Italy. -
Germans and Italians had driven out
Of the territory at north Africa -
Germand abandoned Leningrad
Germans were in retreat across the Soviet Union -
D-Day
Rome was taken and France was invaded -
British and American forces reached Paris
Event that occured after a few days of the D-Day. -
The Americans invaded the Philippines
The USA liberated territories in the Pacific taken by Japan. The Japanese forces put up ferocious resistance at every stage. A lot of Japanese soldiers were killed. -
German launched a counter attack
This was in the Ardennes area of Belgium. -
German power collapsed
In Europe -
German forces finally surrounded
But the war continue all against Japan. -
World War II was over
Two attomic bombs were dropped on Japanese. The devastation caused that the Japanese goverment surrounded.