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Nazi Olympics
Nazi Olympics of 1936 and the events that took place until the end of WWII with the surrender of Japan in 1945. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland as the first action into the war. -
Great Britain and France become the allies
Great Britain and France, later known as the allies, joined forces and waged war upon Germany. -
Poland Falls
The polish government and Warsaw surrender, as the Germans and the Soviet union divide Poland between the two. -
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Netherlands, Belgium and France are conquered by Germany
Germany had captured the Netherlands on May tenth, 1940. Then defeated it's allied forces and began conquering Belgium and eventually France. Which ended by 1944. -
Code-name Barbarossa (Invasion of the soviet union)
Operation Barbarossa, which was where Hitler broke the non aggression pact with Russia, which led to when the soviet union joined the allies. When Hitler attacks Russia, over 1 million people of Russia die from starvation and disease, yet 12 million Russian soldiers died. -
General Hideki Tojo becomes the prime minister of Japan
Prior to becoming a prime minister, Hideki Tojo was a general for the imperial army of Japan. He was also a politician and served as a assistance association leader. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor was an air raid from Japanese forces to a military base called pearl harbor in Hawaii. We were using radar signals at the time and did not predict this course of action from the Japanese. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germany's first major setback in the war. This was fought with the soviet union for control of Russia. -
British broke the Enigma code
U boats attacked supply ships to Britain. The Germans were said to hunt in wolf packs, and have “happy time” because the Germans had destroyed the other boats of the Americans or Britain.
The Americans had broke the German code system called the enigma. The British captured a U-110 sub and took the enigma machine from it. -
Fascist Grand council suspended Mussolini
Mussolini was suspended from the decision of the Fascist grand council. Mussolini was replaced by another Italian named Peitro Badgolio. -
Operation Torch
The Allies decided to attack Europe through North Africa in order to attack Italy first, since Italy was seen as a week link. Which gave them control of the Mediterranean Sea. Hitler had sent general Rommel to aid Italy.
Rommel became known as the desert fox. Allies invaded Italy in 1943, and Italians turned on Mussolini and Hitler. -
D-Day
D-Day was June 6th 1944, where battleships planes had broke the Nazi defenses and troops came to the shore. -
Finland leaves the Axis
Finland left the axis due to trouble with the Soviet Union. -
U.S. had landed in the Philippines
The United States of America had landed in the Philippines in the final stages of the war. -
Hitler's Death
Hitler commits suicide along with his wife by using cyanide poisoning while in their hideout bunker. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany had surrendered to the soviets and axis. -
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Hiroshima bombing
Nagasaki and Hiroshima Japan were bombed by two industrial bombs, completely new, named little boy and fat man. They were both atomic bombs that caused grave destruction. -
Nagasaki bombed
Nagasaki Japan had been bombed to persuade Japan's surrender. -
WWII is ended when Japan surrenders
WWII has been ended while Japan had formally surrendered.
