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Nazi Germany invades Poland. The result is Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing all of Poland
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The longest military campaign of the war that led to the defeat of Germany.
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Germany invades France. This battle ended the "Phoney war".
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The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces.
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Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom. The plan was never carried out.
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Code name for Germany's invasion of the soviet union. Over 4.5 million troops invaded the soviet union along a 1,800 mile front.
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Also known as the Leningrad Blockade, was a failed attempt by the Germans to capture the city of leningrad from the Soviet Union.
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The Japanese bomb a U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Japanese forces attempt to strengthen their defensive positioning by invading Port Moresby in New Guinea.
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The United States Navy defeat Japanese naval forces who were attacking the Midway Atoll. It was known as the most important naval battle of WWII.
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A battle fought to prevent Japanese forces from adding new strategically important airfields to their base systems around the island of Guadalcanal.
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Germany fights the Soviet Union over controll of the city of Stalingrad. It was the largest battle on the eastern front and was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare.
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The Brittish-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African campaign.
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Allied forces hold an amphibious landing against Axis forces along the "winter line" in Anzio, Italy toenable an attack on Rome.
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Allied forces land on the beaches of normandy in France.
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An unsecessful Allied airborne operation to try and force the German army over the Rhine river.
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A major german attack near the end or world war 2 in Belgium
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United States forces fight and capture the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. This resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific campaign.
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A battle 340 miles from mainland japan on the island of okinowa. The allies planed to use the island as an air base from their invasion on japan.
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The Soviet Union along with Polish forces, attempt to capture the German capital of Berlin. During this battle, Adolf Hitler had commited suicide.
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United States forces drop an Atomic bonb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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United states forces drop the "Fat man", an atomic bonb over the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
