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Germany Invades Poland
The Germans and soviet had made a pact in 1939, It was stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers and this enabled Germany to invade Poland withought fearing the Soviets to intervene. Poland was defeated within weeks -
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Timeline of WW II
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
In response to Hitlers invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. Britains response was to drop anti-Nazi propaganda leaflets, 13 tons of them were dropped over Germany. -
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
At the outbreak of the second world war, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister after he lost a confidence vote in the House of Commons and resigned -
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Evacuation of Dunkirk (operation dynamo)
This was an evacuation of allied soldiers on the beaches of dunkirk, the evacuation was considered a miracle after 192,000 Allied personnel, 144,000 of them British, were evacuated. -
Italy enters war on side of axis power
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Italy enters war on side of axis power
After the defeat of France Italy joined world war II in the axis side followed by other countries a few weeks later -
France signs armistice with Germany
The armistice established a German occupation zone in Northern and Western France. Hitler deliberately chose Compiègne Forest as the site to sign the armistice due to its symbolic role as it was the place the Germans surrended at the end of WW I -
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Battle of Britain
This was the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom -
Operation Sea Lion
This was Nazi Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom during the Second World War, following the Fall of France. It ended up becoming postponed due to not having the naval and air superiority however Operation Sea Lion was never carried out -
Tripartite pact signed
On this day Germany, Italy and Japan form an alliance known as the axis alliance in Berlin. This alliance was made to provide mutual assistance to each other if any one suffered an attack -
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Siege of Tobruk
The Siege of Tobruk in Tobruk Libya lasted for 241 days in 1941 after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume. This was an important place to keep as it gave a base to the allies so the allies could attack occupied Europe The siege ended with the allies victory -
Operation Brbarossa
the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. The Germans were defeated after an unprepared counteroffencsove by the red army,The failure of the operation drove Hitler to demand further operations inside the USSR, all of which eventually failed -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. This attack led to the United States entering the war -
Britain and US ddeclare war on Japan
The declaration of war against Japan was a response to the Pearl Harbor suprise bombing the previous day. Japans allies Germany and italy declare war on the United States and this enters the United States into WW II -
Japan take Singapore
The occupation of singapore followed the fall of the British colony. Military forces of the Empire of Japan occupied it after defeating the combined Australian, British, Indian, and Malayan garrison in the Battle of Singapore. -
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II at Midway Atoll, the battle had ended when Spruance withdrew to the east to refuel his destroyers and rendezvous with the carrier Saratoga after a clear victory to the US -
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First battle of El Alamein
was fought in El Alamein of Egypt and was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, It was fought by the axis of Germany and Italy against the allies of Britain, British India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The battle ended with the allies victory = -
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Battle of Stalingrad
was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. The battle involved the axis of Germany Romania Italy Hungary Croatia against the soviet union -
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Second battle of El Alamein
Like the first battle it took place in El Alamein of Egypt. The allies were victorious in the battle and ended the axis threat to Egypt =. -
D-Day landings
These were the Allied invasion of Normandy france where the allies had a seaborne invasion into German occupied territory. The battle involved The United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, Netherland, New Zealand, Norway, Poland against Germany. The invasion ended with the allies victory -
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Battle of the Bulge
was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II. Even though this resulted in the highest casualties for the US during any operation in the war, the allies were still victorious. -
Mussolini captured and executed
has been killed by partisans along with his mistress, Clara Petacci, and some close associates. this occured in the final days of WW II in a small village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker after testing a cyanide capsule on his dogs. He then swallows the cyanide capsule with his wife Eva and also shot himself. They were both found dead but werent actually declared dead until 1956 -
German forces surrender
Germanys surrender was the end of World War II which resulted in casualties and many prisoners of the axis. The Germans consentration camps had also been found. -
V.E. day
The victory in Europe was the public holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The US had dropped a bomb on Hiroshima more than 80,000 people total were killed. -
Soviet Union declares war on Japan
The Soviets invaded Japan along with Mongolia and fought against Japan, Machukuo and Mengjiang. The war went for 3 weeks and 3 days and ended in the allies victory. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
The US drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki 3 days after they bombed Hiroshima. This killed nearly 40,000 people. This led to the surrender of Japan however had been considered by historians that it was a cause for the cold war -
Japanese surrender- End of WW II
USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. -
United Nations is born
In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter.
