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WWII starts
After Germany invades Poland, France and Great Britain go to war with Germany. -
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WWII
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Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Denmark falls in the first four hours, while Norway surrenders after two months. -
Italy Attacks France
Benito Mussolini's Italian forces attack France from the south. -
France Falls
After Dunkirk, the resistance from France begins to weaken, and Germany had taken Paris. -
German beat France; Britain attacks
When Germany beats France Britain becomes more involved, and the Battle of Britain begins. -
Luftwaffe
Germans bombed British airfields and aircraft factories. Later they targeted London to break British morale, but the British did not waver. -
Raise Swastikas on the Acropolis
Hitler invaded both Yugoslavia and Greece. Yugoslavia fell in 11 days, while Greece fell in 17. -
Battle of Britain
The British resist the German Bombings. Resulting from that the Germans give up showing the world Hitler's attacks could be blocked. -
Invasion on the Soviet Union
The German army invades the Soviet Union. The German military and police authorities wanted to wage a war against the Jews of the Soviet Union, -
Beginning of Joining
A German U-boat fired at a U.S. destroyer, causing Roosevelt to have navy commanders shoot German submarines. Making them slowly join the war, but not fully. Japan was responsible for the U.S. coming into the war. -
Leningrad
The Germans put Leningrad attack and wiped out their food supply. They began eating cattle and horse feed, cats, dogs, cows, and rats. Even though about a million people died the city refused to fall. -
No Retreat!
The Nazi's drive on the capitol, which results in nothing but the lives of 500,000 German lives. -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise military attack by the Japanese towards the United States at Pearl Harbor. This caused the U.S. to join the war. -
"Desert Fox"
A back and forth battle between the British and Afrika Korps general, Erwin Rommel ends by June, 1942 with a tough loss for the allies. -
Battle of Midway
Allies defeat Japan at Battle of Midway. This is Japan's 1st major defeat in WWII -
Operation Torch
When Rommel started to retreat west, the allies took full advantage of their weakness and invaded Morocco and Algeria. -
Turning Point
Over 90,000 German troops at Stalingrad surrender to the Soviets. It is a significant turning point in the war against Germany. -
Stalingrad
The Germans get defeated at Stalingrad. It is big turning point in the war. -
Guadalcanal
The allies defeat Japan at Guadalcanal. -
U.S. Defense
The United States started producing things like machine guns, boots, tanks, and armor-piercing shells. This gave over 17 milllion americans jobs in the war industry. -
D-Day
American, British, and Canadian forces liberated France -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Japan made a plan to halt the allied advance by destroying the Americans, and preventing the allies from giving their troops the supplies they needed. Which they fail at accomplishing -
VE Day
Victory day in Europe when the Germans surrendered.
