WW2 timeline (dax)

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    WW2 Timeline

  • Britain and France declared war on Germany

    Britain and France declared war on Germany

    Britain and France declared war on Germany because they violated the treaty of Versailles, and they couldn’t give any more appeasement or let Germany take Poland. The only option was to declare war
  • Canada joins WW2

    Canada joins WW2 of its free will as they saw what hitler would do to all of civilization if he wasn’t stopped
  • Invasion of Poland

    As part of the Molotov agreement, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east making it harder for Poland to defend itself.
  • Warsaw captured

    Warsaw gives up to germany to avoid further bloodshed
  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

  • Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britan

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    The battle of Dunkirk

    German invasion of the coastal town of Dunkirk, the French and British evacuate from the town surprisingly before Germany took over the entire town
  • Paris loses to Germany

    After a while of fighting, the Germans won against Paris, france as a whole would soon be captured
  • Beginning of Canadian conscription

    This was the day that conscription was signed, but the thing is they were only conscripting people for homeland defence, later on some were sent to Europe, these people were called zombies
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    The battle of Brittan (pre blitz)

    The British pilots fight for their lives to try to hold back the German fighter pilots, this battle goes on for a surprisingly long time but in the end the Germans won air superiority
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    The blitzkrieg of Britain

    After dulling down the amount of air defence Britain had, Germany began to bomb major cities and towns of Britain in an attempt to force them to surrender
  • The U.S joins WW2

    After Pearl Harbor, the United States joined world war 2 on the side of the allies, and Germany and italy declared war on the U.S
  • The bombing of Pearl harbor

    A Japanese bombing raid on Pearl harbour resulted in the loss of many American ships. This caused America to join ww2
  • Invasion of Hong Kong

    The day of Pearl Harbor, Japan attacked a British colony at Hong Kong. The defenders (Canada, Britain, & Indians) all left 2 weeks later
  • The annexation of the Jewish people

    On that day, Germany began its plan to remove all Jewish people from Europe
  • The battle of Stalingrad

    A bloody battle where Germany attempted to invade Stalingrad but failed, this battle resulted in massive casualties from both sides but the Soviets came out on top making them more powerful and keen.
  • D-day

    The invasion of Normandy by the allies, this was a part of their plan to liberate France from Germany occupation.
  • Hitler surrenders

    On this day marks the end of world war 2. The Germans were given until midnight to kill as many Jews as possible, few abided by his final command.
  • The bombing of Hiroshima

    The first nuculear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, this was the first of 2 bombs that would be dropped on Japan, and still makes the only usage of an atomic bomb in war