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Hitler invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack -
Britian and france declare war on germany
In response to the German invasion of Poland three days earlier, the British government declared war on Germany. British colonies, as well as the Raj of India also automatically found themselves at war alongside Britain. France, Austrialia, and New Zealand joined Britain in declaring war on Sept. 3. -
Blitzkreig overwhelms netherlands and belgium
In the early morning darkness of May 10, the Germans unleashed their Blitzkrieg against the Netherlands and Belgium. The attack sent the defending troops reeling. The roads overflowed with refugees fleeing the front. French and British troops rushing to the rescue were caught in the headlong retreat and pushed back. German dive-bombers - the Stukas - filled the sky, strafing the retreating mix of civilians and soldiers with machine gun and bomb. The Allies fought valiantly but in vain - the Germ -
Churchill becomes prime minister of britian
On this day vhurch hill becomes the prime minister of britian. chamberlin resigned when he lost all the support from his conservitive party. Also on this day the german blitzkreig devastated parts of europe -
Italy declares war
Italy declares war on Britian and France. Britian And france declared war on Germany and Italy responded by declaring war on Britian and france. This was a major point in the second world war -
Hitler suspends battle of britian, somewhat loses a battle
September 15, failed not only with heavy losses, but also with a collapse of morale among German bomber crews when British fighters appeared in large numbers and shot down many of the Germans. As a result, Hitler permanently postponed a landing on the British Isles and suspended the Battle of Britain -
Japan attacks US
Japan along with 300 airplanes attacks us naval base at pearl hatbor in a surprise attack killing thousands and destroying many major ship and causing complete devestation sending the US into war -
D Day: The invasion of normandy
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wou -
Hitler is no longer
Hitler commits suicide along with his wife on this day. Hitler didnt want to be alive when germany got taken over for he knew hed be tortued and he didnt want to see his empire fall -
History gets made
On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, this action killing over 40,000 people immedialty eventually causing a halt in this war
