ww2

By Sofía Valcárcel N

  • Poland is invaded by the German army

    September 1, 1939

  • France and the United Kingdom declare war against Germany

    September 3, 1939
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    Battle of Britain

    July 10, 1940 – October 31, 1940

  • Germany invades the USSR (Operation barbarossa)

    22 June 1941

  • Japan attacks the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl HArbor and the US enter the war

    December 7, 1941
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    Battle of Stalin Grad

    August 23, 1942 – February 2, 1943

  • Germany occupies part of France, where the collaborationist Vichy government is formed

    November 10, 1942

  • The Germans and the Italians surrendered in Tunisia

    12 May 1943
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    The Allies invade Italy

    September 3, 1943 – September 17, 1943

  • The Normandy landings

    June 6, 1944

  • The Allies free Paris and enter Germany

    August 20–25, 1944

  • Mussolini is captured and executed

    April 28, 1945

  • Hitler commits suicide in his bunker, in Berlin, after the Russian army entered the city

    April 30, 1945

  • Germany surrenders

    May 7, 1945

  • The US drops two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    August 6, 1945

  • Japan surrenders

    September 2, 1945