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Germany invade Czechoslovakia
Hitler ordered the Nazi soldiers to invade Czechoslovakia. Hitler said to the Priminister "if you dont let me get my soldiers in i will bomb you'. So the Priminister let Hitler march his men in. -
Germany invade Poland
German ships open fired on the garrison of the Westerplatte Fort, Danzig. Hitler got his soldiers and bombers to attack Poland. -
Britain declares war on Germany
The Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declares war on Germany. France, Australia and New Zealand also declare war on Germany. -
Battle of the Atlantic begins
The Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from September 1939 until the defeat of Germany in 1945, was the war’s longest continuous military campaign. During six years of naval warfare, German U-boats and warships – and later Italian submarines – were pitted against Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies across the Atlantic to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. -
Germany invade
Germany invades Norway and Denmark. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9. -
Britain have new Prime Minister
Winston Churchill becomes the new British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain. -
Germany attacks western Europe
Germany attacks western Europe - Luxembourg, Holland and Belgium. Luxemburg surrenders to the Germans. -
The German army enters France
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Beaches of Dunkirk
The evacuation of 340,000 soldiers of the British and French armies from the beaches of Dunkirk. -
Belgium surrenders
Belgium surrenders to the Germans. -
The last evacuation of Dunkirk
The last of the 338,000 British, French and Belgian forces evacuated from Dunkirk. -
Germany conqour most of France
German troups conquer most of France. France surrenders to the Germans -
Battle of Britain begins
Never was so much owed by so many to so few, a very famous speech made by Winston Churchhill. -
Battle of Britain
They needed the control of the Channel so that the British Navy would not be able to attack the German invasion barges which were scheduled to land on the Kent and Sussex beaches. -
Battle of Britain
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The Blitz
The Blitz begins in London -
War in Africa
IN Africa Italy and Britain where fighting between themselves for tobruk in the North Africa it would go back and fourth on who was winning. Then Germany got involved and almost pshed back to the sea but thwn we pushed back the Germans and Italy and we then won the won the war of Africa. -
Operation Barbossa
Operation of Barbossa is when the Germans attacked the Soviet Union as the Germans believed they were destroying the European way of life. The USSR were very weak at the time so it was a perfect time to attack. -
Pearl Harbour
The Japanese attack the USA Naval Base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. -
US join WW2
The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. -
D-Day
The the US and Britain landed boats at Normandy, France and they treid to take over the Germans as they were still in full force in France. -
Hiroshima Atomic bomb
They dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. -
Nagasaki Atomic bomb
Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more. The dropping of the bombs, which occurred by executive order of US President Harry Truman, remains the only nuclear attack in history. In the months following the attack, roughly 100,000 more people died slow, horrendous deaths as a result of radiation poisoning.