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World War II

By alexandrafonofehi

  • Nazi's invade Poland

  • Britain, France, Australia declare war on Germany

    Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany

  • Soviets invade Poland

  • Soviets attack Finland

  • Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets

  • Nazis invade Denmark and Norway

  • Belgium surrenders to the Nazis

  • Norway surrenders to the Nazis

  • Italy declares war on Britain and France

  • Italy invades Greece

  • British forces arrive in Greece

  • Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia

  • Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis

  • Greece surrenders to the Nazis

  • Allies invade Syria and Lebanon

  • British occupy Syria

  • Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev

  • Hitler takes complete control of the German Army

  • Germans take Sevastopol

  • Stalin and Churchill meet in Moscow

  • Battle of Stalingrad begins

  • Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships

  • Soviet troops take Kursk

  • Allies bomb Rome

  • Germans occupy Rome

  • Soviet troops advance into Poland

  • Allies land at Anzio in Italy

  • Allies enter Rome

  • Slovak uprising begins

  • Civil War in Greece; Athens placed under martial law

  • Soviet troops besiege Budapest

  • Soviets reach Berlin

  • German troops in Italy surrender

  • Soviets declares war on Japan and invade Manchuria

  • United Nations is born

  • Nuremberg war crimes trials begin

    The former leaders of Hitler's Third Reich on trial in Nuremberg, Germany

  • Hermann Göring commits suicide two hours before his scheduled execution

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