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German Anschluss with austria
Hitler unifies German speaking people. Annexed Austria, liberated German people in Sudetenland. -
Treaty of Munich
Axis powers met in Munich. distributed power -
Hitler invades czechoslovakia
Hitler invades czechoslovakia -
Britain rearms and reassures Poland
Radars installed at each coast. threatened by fuhrer -
russia and Germany sign pact
hitler and Stalin sign non aggression pact (secret clauses for Poland) -
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phoney war
Britain had no military action -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland -
Britain and France declare war
Britain and France declared war on Germany -
british routes Italians in North Africa
british routes Italians in North Africa by general wave -
British rout Italians in N. Africa
Italian forces in North Africa were routed by the British led by General Wavell. -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
German and Italian troops attacked Yugoslavia, Greece and the island of Crete. German field Marshall Erwin Rommel led the axis powers back to North Africa. -
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Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway so safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore -
Blitzkrieg
lightning war against holland and Belgium. Rotterdam was bombed to extinction -
Chamberlain resigns
Chamberlain under pressure from labour members for a more active prosecution -
Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
General Gort (British commander-in-chief) forced to retreat to the coast of Dunkirk. more than 338,000 men rescued -
Italy enters the axis powers
Italy enters the axis powers -
Fance signs armistice with Germany
Fance signs armistice with Germany -
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Battle of Britian
1) sent Luftwaffe bombers to British ports
2)attacks remained but bombing stopped
3)London was heavily bombed on September 7th
4) bombers bombed in the night to increase stealth -
Tripartite Pact
pact of mutual alliances was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Tripartite Pact
This pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany, Italy and Japan. -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete. E. Rommel led axis powers back to North Africa -
Hitler attacks Russia – Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia. The Russians were taken by surprise as they had signed a treaty with Germany in 1939. Stalin immediately signed a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and launched an Eastern front battle that would claim 20 million casualties. The USA, which had been supplying arms to Britain under a ‘Lend-Lease’ agreement, offered similar aid to USSR. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia. -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
Britain and the United States declared war on Japan. -
Japanese take Singapore
The Japanese captured Singapore from the British, taking some 60,000 prisoners. -
Battle of Midway
The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad. -
Allies in N. Africa
General Alexander was given a hand-written directive from Churchill ordering that his main directive was to be the destruction of the German-Italian army commanded by Field-Marshall Rommell together with all its supplies and establishments in Egypt and Libya. As soon as sufficient material had been built up, Alexander handed the campaign over to General Montgomery. -
Allies push into N. Africa
British and American forces under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower landed in the NW of Africa and assumed control of French Morocco and Algeria. They gradually closed in on the Germans. -
Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment followed by an armoured attack. He then proceeded to chase the routed enemy some 1500 miles across the desert. -
Allies invade Sicily
British and US forces invaded Sicily. -
Allies take Sicily
The allied troops had won the island of Sicily. -
Allies meet at Tehran
Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met to co-ordinate plans for a simultaneous squeeze on Germany. They also discussed post war settlements. Churchill mistrusted Stalin; Roosevelt anxious to show that the West would not stand against Russia, went along with Stalin’s wishes for a second front in France and no diversions further east. Churchill was over-ruled and the fate of post-war Eastern Europe was thus decided. -
Axis surrender N Africa
The British and American forces managed to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa -
Italy surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. The Germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. This blocked any further allied advance through Italy.