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The First Step
Hitler sends Nazi troops to invade poland (aside from the portion given to russia...For Now) Pland is taken over and hitler sets his sites on another, Belgium -
The Start Of A War
France and Britain declare war on Germany two days after the invasion of Poland (figure to right is Chamberlain meeting with Hitler) -
The New Minister
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain, and resumes the hostile action towards germany. -
The Lighting War
German "Blitzkrieg" overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France. With fast guerilla tactics otherwise known as the Blitzkrieg or Lightning -
The Failed Backstab
Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia. Which fails horribly and Stalin becomes extremly aggrivated at the betrayal by Hitler -
The Fifth Power
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war. The three powers Russia Britan and the US Press on Germany -
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The Battle In The Far East
British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma. Mandalay (Burmian City) was captured on 20th March 1945 by 19th Indian Division which marked the near end of the war. -
The Turning Point
American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins. -
The First Flaw
Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.
Allied victory in Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched. Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle. -
The First Step To Liberation
D Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August.
Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed. -
The End Is Nigh
Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops. Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill, after atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.
