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Hitler successfully invades and occupies Czechoslovakia as the result of the Allies apeasing Hitler's 'last demand' for the Sudetenland around Czechoslovakia.
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Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, despite Britain and France's threat to declare war if he did. Polish army was defeated in amatter of weeks. Polish casualities included 66,300 dead and 133,700 wounded.
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Germany had successfully invaded France. france singed an armistice with Germany, resulting in France being occupied by Axis powers until the Allied landings in 1944.
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Hitler launched an air and sea attack on Britain in an attempt to invade on July 10 1940 and were defeated by the Birtish on October 31. 23,002 British civilians died and 32,138 were wounded.
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Japanese bomb U.S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. Resulted in U.S entering the war. More than 2000 American soldiers killed and 100 wounded.
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The decision was made by the Nazis that in addition to concerntration and work camps, they needed death camps to speed up the exterinmation of the Jews.
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The first of many bombs are dropped on Darwin, Austraila by the Japanese. These raids went over the year and resulted i the death of 243 people and between 300 and 400 wounded.
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U.S.A launch attack on and defeat the Japanese Navy in response to Japan bombing Pearl Harbour.
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Australian soldiers spent 6 months pushing back a Japanese invasion force along the Kokoda Track in Paupa New Guinea. The Japanese objective was to take Port Moresby, where they planned to launch an invasion of Australia from. 625 Australians were killed and 1680 wounded.
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The successful defence of U.S.S.R city of Stalingrad. Marked an important turning point in favour of the allies as it stopped the Germans from taking Russia. Casualities from the Soviet Army included 478,741 killed and 650,878 wounded.
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Allied forces launch attack against Nazi occupied France. Paris was liberated on August 25. Allied casualities estimated at 10,377.
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Hitler commits suicide and the Allies now have one less threat to worry about. Japanese forces now have full focus.
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First of the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima, Japan byr the U.S in an attempt to get the Japanese to surrender and end the war.
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Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan to emphasise the necessity of Jaan's surrender.
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The Japanese surrender after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
