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Czecholovakia is one of the first countries to fall to the third Riech. The loclase knew that the Germans were going to invade and they welcomed them.
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Hitler signs an order for an assault on Poland. The Germans stage a phony rade on a German radio station, they blame the Polish so that they would have an excuse to invade Poland.
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Without a decleration of war Hitler invades Poland. Hitler used a codenated attack of air and ground forces. Poland fell in a matter of weeks. This tactic was called the blitzkrieg, this cause the rest of Europe to build up defences against Germany.
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Honoring their treaty with Poland, France and Great Britian Declare war of Germany
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Warsaw Poland surrenders to German forces, Poland is now divided between Russia and Germany. Warsaw became the secene of some of the worst ghettos in WW 2.
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This is the first attack on British territory by Germany. The Germans used the Blitzkrieg or the lightining war tactic and showed everyone how much damage they could go with this new tactic. The Germans cause damage to South Hampton and they sink the destroyer ship called the mohawk
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The Soviet Union gets ecpelled from the Ligue of Nation for agression against Finland
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Britain drom the first bombs on Germany as the RAF hits the seaplane base at Hornum
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Germany invades Norway and denmark, this is also the first major airborne attacks on the allies
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Germany begins their invasion into Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg. Hitlers resoning into invading was the failure of his appeasment policies. At the same time Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlin resigns. Winstion Curchhill come in to replace him. Short after Churchill took control he began to conferr with the U.S president, whitch at the time was President franklin roosevelt to aid to the British cause.
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Germany begins their invasion into France.
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Germans take Paris in a matter of less than a month
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Britich troops are forced to retreat because the Germany have pushed very deep into France. Dunkirk is the closes point between France and Britain. The British estimated that at best only 50,000 troops would be able to be evaucated. After everything had finished approximatley 340,00 troops were evacuted, For this to happen the British Govenment called for all ships no matter what they were to head overy to Dunkirk and rescure the British and french troops.
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On June 11 Italy declares war on the Allied forces.
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The Battle of Britain was faught in the air. The Germans plans was to destroy the British RAF and ease the German invasion where the luftwaffe outnumbered British Aircrafts 2,669 to 704.
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The is the first invasion of Greece by the Italians.
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President roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease act to provide aid to Great Britain
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The first all black fighter pilot squadron become activated. These men are named the Tuskegee airmen because they were based out of tuskegee Alibama
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Operation Barbarossa was Germany plan to invade the Soviet Union without a decliration of war. Hitler is now fighting a two front war.
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7:55 AM hundreds of Japenese warplanes lauch an attack on Pearl Harbor based in Hawaii. Eaight battleships were sunk along with the loss of 2,403 American lives are lost.
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The United States declares war on Japan because of Pearl Harbor. The US is offically included in WWII.
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The Germans establish the final solution for Jews in Europe. Hitler has plans to kill an estimated 11 million people.
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The battle of Stalingrad taked place in the city of Stalingrad and the battle rages on untill Feb 2 !943
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The US goes of the offence for the first time in WWII. Us forces land on Guadalcanal, it will take six monthes to secure the island but this capture will halt all Japanes advances in the Pacific.
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In America 110, Japanese Americans are interred. This means that 110,00 Japenese Americans are taken from their houses and moved to caps in remote aires. This came about Afer Pearl Harbor, the US beleaved that soem Japanese living in America could be conversing with Japese for Japan. Only 60 Japanese people were concidered dangerious..
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Acix powers surrender in Tunisia. North Africa is now finally back under Allied control.
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After 4 years of German control of France the Allies have now recovered it.
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Italy accepts Allied surrender terms. Germany trooms are called in to recover the country but they are forced to retreat. The Italist declare war of Germany October 6th.
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The battle of berlin begins British bomber bombard Berlin untill march 24 1944.
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The greatest invasion in history is about to begin right after midnight. 24,00 paratroopers are are dropped behind enemy lines they are being caried by over by 1,00 aircrafts. Soon after 176,00 men are streamed across the channel to recover Normandy. Allied forced designate a 45 mile strech of Normandy coastline to bring in 5 planes carring troops and supplies. This is bloodiest day in American history, 2.500 soliders died on french soil.
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The battle of the bulge begins, thousands of Germans open up fire on the Americans with a batallion of 600 tanks.
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The Americans shelled Iwo Jima for 72 days then marined land on the island to capture the Japanese airfield. The intense fighting lasted for six monthes and almost 7 thousand American lives were lost.
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Okinawa was the gateway to Japan for the Americans. By the end of the 82 day long battle japan had lost 78,00 casualties when the US only lost 14,000 men
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Russia enters Berlin
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As the red army fights their way to the Reichstag half a mile away hitler and his wife are huddled underground when both Hitler and his take poison and shoot themselvs in the head.
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Germany surrenders to the Allies, germany has lost World War II. V-E day is proclamed as victory in Europe the very next day.
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The Americans developed a bomb to use on the Germans but because they didnt need it anymore they decided to use it on Japan. The bomb was released by the Enola Gay falling to earth above Hiroshima. With a single bomb 40,000 men women and children are obliterated in an instant. 100,00 more die for radiation and burns. Despite all of this destruction Japan still refuses to accept Allied surrender terms.
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After the Japanes refused to give up Americans decide to drop another atomic bomb on Japan this time on Nagasaki.
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The Japanese finally accepts unconditional surrender terms and World War II is finally over after 6 million people, 3% of the world had lost their lives the war is finally over and the worl returns to peace....untill the cold war, then every starts up again.
