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Second World War: The Fuse is ignited!
Germany attacked Poland with no reason (unprovoked).
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World War II Begins!
The Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declares war on Germany.
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Failed murder?!
An attempt to assassinate Hitler fails.
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Soviet Union and the League of Nations cut ties.
The League of Nations expel the Soviet Union from their group.
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Germany is on a role!
Germany invades Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
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Italians want war with the British and French.
War is declared on Britain and France by Italy.
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The Battle in Britain begins!
A three-month battle fought in the skies over Britain included destructive bombing raids on cities, one being London, but by the end of October the British hands Hitler his first defeat.
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Hitler is in trouble.
Germany invades the Soviet Union without declaring war, unleashing its "Barbarossa" plan. The Germans encountered little opposition, even with many troops at the border. Hitler now had to fight a two-front war.
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Russia is attacked.
Russia is attacked by Germany and the Axis Powers with a huge force of over four million troops.
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Hitler issued "Nacht und Nebel" (the Night and Fog Decree).
"Hitler issued the Night and Fog Decree. This decree replaced the unsuccessful Nazi policy of taking hostages to undermine Underground activities. Suspected Underground agents and others would now vanish without a trace into the night and fog".
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Massacre of the Jews begins.
Auschwitz is the beginning of the mass murder of Jews by gassing.
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Germans go to Russia.
Germans enter Russia and start the Leningrad offensive on the 28th.
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Something you DON'T want to witness.
Hermann Graebe, a German engineer and manager of a German construction firm in the Ukraine and his foreman came upon an Einsatz execution squad killing Jews from the small town of Dubno in the Ukraine,by accident. The dead, striped of all the clothing they had, lay on top of each other. Some people were still alive when after they got shot, others just died on impact.
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Mussolini is arrested.
In Italy, Benito Mussolini is dismissed by King Victor Emmanuel and is arrested. Later, he attempts to escape to Switzerland with his mistress.
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Mussolini escapes the Allies.
Germany (Hitler) helps Mussolini escape the Allies, when Italy surrenders, and set up a government in Northern Italy.
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Italians go against the Germans?!
Italy declares war on Germany.
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A long wait, many deaths.
After 900-day German siege, Leningrad relieved . More than one million civilians have starved to death in the city.
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D-day and the Normandy invasion.
France is invaded and the Germans are pushed back by the Allies.
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The Germans lose.
In the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans launch a large attack. In doing so they lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
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Germans last try.
The Germans strike Britain with their last V-2 rocket. The V-2 campaign killed nearly 3,000 British people.
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Hitler is DEAD.
As he knows Germany has lost the war Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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The Second World War ends in Europe!
About a week after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, the Allies accept Germany’s surrender.
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The Second World War officially ENDS!!!!!
Japan formally surrenders, having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945, leading to the end of World War II throughout the rest of the world.
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