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taking czechoslovakia
Nazis moved into the remaining parts of Czechoslovakia -
signing a pact
Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty -
Britain mobilizes
Britain mobilizes and civilians get evacuated from London -
invading Poland
Nazis invade Poland also called the September Campaign. They defeated the Polish army in a few weeks of the invasion. Germany had about 2000 tanks and 1000 planes. They started to advance through Warsaw. -
declaring war on Germany
Britain, France,Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany -
Britain attacks
British Royal Air force attack Germany's Navy -
dividing poland
Soviets and Nazis divide up Poland. Poland was divided along the bug river the Germans took everything west and the soviets took everything to the East
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Denmark and Norway taken by the Nazis
Nazis invade Norway and Denmark. German warships enter Norwegian ports from Narvik to Oslo setting up thousands of troops and occupying Norway -
Gas chambers
first experiments with gases chambers at Auschwitz. Zyklone B would be dropped from the top and the pebbles would react and create poisonous gas which choked the prisoners in 10 - 14 minutes https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007259 -
battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad. Soviets kept the Nazis from advancing nazis were determined to take Stalingrad and the soviets were determined to defend it. It ended up to be one of the costliest battles for Germany. Casualties and civilians ended up to be about 2 million deaths http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Stalingrad Counter-offensive
Soviet counter offensive at Stalingrad -
Stalingrad
Germans surrender to Soviets at the first big defeat. Costliest defeat for Germany. it ended up to be a bloody battle http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Germans in Rome
Germans go to Rome. In order to Rescue Mussolini -
Rescuing Mussolini
Hitler sends soldiers to rescue Mussolini. called Operation Eiche -
Bombing Germany
British aircrafts drop 3000 tons of bombs on Hamburg Germany -
D-Day
D-day landing on Northern coast of France. 156000 Americans, Canadians, and British soldiers land on France's Normandy region -
Assassination attempt
German army officers attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler but their attempt fail -
uprising
resistance uprising in Paris. The resistance fought against the Nazi invasion of France and the Vichy Regime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance -
Hitler's death
Hitler commits suicide in his bunker -
Nuremberg trials
trials held to convict Nazis of crimes against humanity
