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Is a pact between Germany & the Soviet Union. It was important because Britain and France had been trying to arrange a pact with the Soviet Union but it didn't work for them .
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The German invasion of Poland was simply the point that the English and French had decided that they could no longer watch while Germany expanded at their expense.
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Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.
Histoical Perpesctive: Through him coming to power it might have some effect on WW2 -
Marshal Pétain becomes French Prime Minister.
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Marshal Pétain becomes French Prime Minister.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.
Historical Signifigance: This created a deadly force all following Germany. -
Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.
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Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops.
Cause and effect: In the war this was on of the largest attacks making a hight casualtie count -
The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
Cause and effect: As a result of this attack the U.S. joined the war. -
The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
Historical Signifigance: This was a big win for U.S. getting revenge on Japan -
British General Bernard Montgomery takes command of Eighth Army in North Africa.
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British Foreign Secretary Eden tells the British House of Commons of mass executions of Jews by Nazis; U.S. declares those crimes will be avenged.
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Dönitz suspends U-boat operations in the North Atlantic.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.
Historical Signifigance: Due to this surrender Germany loses some of its military force -
Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino.
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Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies.
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Soviet troops recapture Sevastopol.
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Germans surrender in the Crimea.
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Germans surrender in the Crimea.
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D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.
Historical Signifigance: As a result of D day the allied forces push back the German force -
Paris is liberated from German control.
Cause and effect: As a result Paris gets free from Germanys control -
The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army. Historical Signifigance: This seals the faith of the war
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.
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United Nations is born.
