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Germany invades Poland
The Second World War began with Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France had pledged to defend Poland. -
Britain declares war on Germany
The French and Britain could do very little to stop a German victory un Poland, though their ally to Poland in the end of September was very limited, Polish resistence collapsed. -
Soviet forces crossed the Polish frontier
They took all control of part of the eastern Poland. This was part of the pact Hitler had struck with Stalin before the war in the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Stalins's troops were moved into the Baltic states. -
Phoney War
During this period of time, there was little fighting between Germany, France and Britain. -
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Phoney war
During this period of time, there was little fighting between Germany, France and Britain. -
In Britain, Winston Churchill came to power
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice. -
Mussolini joined forces with Germany
Germany took direct control of much of France, leaving part under a puppert French goverment, with its capital. At this time, is seems that Hitler had won the war. Only Britain remained to fight Germany, and these event happened when the war was nearly over. -
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German planes bombed military cities
The places attacked where military sites,factories and the capital city, London. The British airforce,the RAF,fought back and the clasf of the two airforces became known as "The Battle of Britain" -
French and Britain started mining Norwegian waters to stop the trade in iron ore.
Germany responded by invading Norway and Denmarck. They felt and they led yo a political crisis in the Western Powers. Both ministers were forced to resign -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
It was an operation known to the German leaders as Barbarrosa. At first the blitzkrig apprach was successful for Germany. An army of over 3 million men stormedinto de URRS,armed with many tanks and aircraft. -
The Holocaust
The German leadership decided on a "Final Solution" to the question of how Jewish people should be treated by the Nazi authories. -
Japanese went to war against USA
They become against with a surprise attack on de US naval base of Pearl Harbour. The result of this was the USA joined forces with Britain and de USSR to fight Germany,Japan and Italy.In the end this was to swing the balance of the war decisively agains Germany. -
Germans renewed their attack on the USSR
They concentrated their forces in the sourh and tried to capture the southern city of Stalingrad. A fierce battl for the control of the city was fought in 1942. -
USA stopped the tide of Japanese conquest at the Battle of Midway Island
After Midway,American forces began slow process of capturing the islands of the Pacific from the Japanese. -
Rome was taken by the allies
It was not until 1945 that whole pf Italy was under British and American control. -
German army in north Africa was defeated by British forces
This event was at the Battle of El Alemein in Africa. -
German army at Stalingrad surrendered
The battle fot Stalingrad was a crucial event. It proved that the Red Army could beat the German army. After Stalingrad Germany was on the defensive and the war began to go against Hitler. -
British and American forces landed in Italy
The Germans put up stiff resistance to the liberation of Italy. -
Germans and Italians had been completely driven out of north Africa
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Germans abandoned the siege of Leningrad
They had been going on for over two years, they also were retreat the Soviet Union. -
France was invaded
This was known as 'D Day'. -
Americans invaded the Philippines
The United States of America liberated territories in the Pacific taken by Japan. The Japanese forces put up ferocious resistance at every stage. Over 170.000 Japanese soldiers were killed in this fight before the capital,Manila,was taken -
The Germans launched a countrer-attack
It happened in the Ardennes area of Belgium. After some early success the German attack was turned back. -
German forces finally surrendered.
Instead of this, the war continued agains Japan. The American goverment was very worried at the level of Japanese resistence. The Americans expected a huge loss of life if they invaded and tried to conquer the islands of Japan. -
They were attack cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The attack were two atomic bombs which dropped on the Japanese. -
The Japanese goverment was surrender
The desvastation caused by these bombs forced the Japanese goverment to surrender. -
The Second World War was over.
