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Germany invaded Poland
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French and British goverments declared war to Germany
They could do very little to stop German victory in Poland and by the end of the month Polish resistance had collapse -
Soviet forces took control of part of Poland
The Soviet Union had made a pact with the Nazis and agreed to carve up most of the territory that lay between their two countries. -
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Phoney War
There was a little fighting between France, Britain and Germany. -
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The Soviet Union bitten Finland
The Finnish army fought with great skill and ferocity, but their were defeated by the USSR. This gave the USSR territory and a naval base -
Britain and France mined Norwegian waters.
bBritan and France started mining Norwegian waters to stop the trade in iron ore, but both prime minister were forced to resing. -
Winston Churchill came to power
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Hitler struck west.
The Netherlands, Belgium and France were invaded and rapidly defeated by German forces. A British army was force 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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German troops invade Britain.
They bombed military sites, factories and the capital city, London. -
Barbarossa
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. -
Japan against USA.
As a result USA joined forces with Britain and France -
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Japan conquering.
Japanese forces seized control of much of Eastern Asia and the islands of the Pacific. -
Bttle of Midway Island.
USA stopped the tide of Japanese conquest. -
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Germans renewed their attack on the USSR.
They concentrated their forces in the south and tried to capture the southern city of Stalingrad. -
Battle of El Alamein.
German army was defeated by British forces. -
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Germany and Italy completely under British and French control.
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German army at Stalingrad surrendered.
This battle proved that the Red Army could beat the German army. -
Germans and Italians bittend down.
They were completely driven out of north Africa -
Germans abandoned the siege of Leningrad
This was going on for two yeas, until Germans were in retreat across the Soviet Union. -
Rome was taken by the western allies.
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D Day.
France was invaded. -
British and Americans forces reached Paris.
The german attack was turned down. -
Americans invaded the Philippines.
Over 170,000 Japanese soldiers were killed before the capital, Manila, was taken. -
German power in Europe collapsed.
Soviet forces captured Berlin anf Hitler committed suicide. -
German forces finally surrendered.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed.
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Japanese goverment surrender.
The Second World War was over.
