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Germany invades Poland, begining WW2
When the Germans invaded Poland in 1939, all the alliances between european countries all came into effect. Britain and France declared war on Germany and in return, Germany and Italy declared war on Britain and France.The Soviet Union remained out of WW2 in the beginning because of the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact. -
Japs invade Manchuria
The Japanese owned a railroad in Manchuria Province, China. They disguised their army as Chinese soldiers and blew up their own railroad to have an excuse to invade China for its resources. -
Hitler resumes Blitzkrieg
After what is called the "phony war", Hitler resumed the early attacking Blitzkrieg of France and the surrounding areas. This pressed the French to defend their homeland. -
Battle of Britain
The Greman Luftwaffe, or air force, began constant night bombings using the Me 246. The attacks spread to all over the nation, but were mainly consentrated on London. These attacks were designed to weaken British morale, but only went to accomplish the opposite. -
Battle of Crete
The Battle of Crete was fought on 20 May 1941 when Germany attacked the island of Crete. The battle was fought between Germany and Italy vs. Greece, the civilians on the island, and the rest of the Allies on the other. The battle concluded after approximately 10 days with an Axis victory. Hitler's conditions were that the Battle of Crete had to be carried out in May and that the battle can’t interfere with Operation Barbarossa. -
Pearl Herbor
Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...Yesterday, the Japanese attacked Malaya. Last night, Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippine Islands, Wake Island, and this morning, the Japanese attacked Midway. these words were spoken by Franklin Roosevelt athe day after the air raid on Pearl Harbor in his address to Congress -
Battle of Midway and Coral Sea
In the Battles at Miday and Coral Sea, the U.S. defended Australia while still island hopping closer and closer to Japan and the end of the war in the Pacific. -
D-Day
The attack on the Normandy Beaches is the single largest amphibeous assault in the history of this plannet. Its included hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of tropps storming 5 beaches simuntaneously. The beaches were protected by underwater mines, barbed wire, caltrops, and concrete machine gun bunkers. -
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II battle between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union during 1943. For the Germans, the battle was a final strategic offensive in the east. For the Soviets, the victory gave them the strategic initiative for the rest of the war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
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Rome Falls to the Allies
When the city of Rome fell to he Allies, the Facist government set up by Musssolini began to crumble to a fine powder and the people were given a choice again. The allies had to break thruoh many layers of fortification and armaments. -
Germany Surrenders
Once Hitler commited suicide, the Greman Regime was quick to collapse and hurried to surrender. The German people were finally realizing what all their Fuhrer had done. -
U.S. Drops First Atomic Bombs
The atomic bomb it the single most destructive weapon in the history of the Earth. The U.S. was the first to develop and test said bombs, and so on August 6th the first of the two bombs was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, and three days later the second is dropped on Nagisaki.
