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Germany invades Poland
Who: The Nazis led by Adolf Hittler marched into Poland and was defeated within weeks
What: A move to gain more land for nazi germany in its plan to conquer all of Europe
Where: Thousands of German troops marched into Poland
Why was it significant: It started a line of countries declareing war apon other countries -
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The Battle of Britan
Who: The German bombing of air fields and Millitary targets but eventualy lead to bombing of civilan populated areas
What: When Germany began to bomb brittan so they could invade
Where: It was in Great brittan but lead to Germany
Why was it significant: The Bombing of Brittan eventuly lead to the relentless bombing of Berlin in Nazi germany -
Lend-Lease Act Signed
Who: It was Between FDR/congress and Winston Churchill
What: A way to aid Great Britan
Where: The United States but effected Great Britan
Why Was It Significant: It help Great Brittan in the war and it helped America prepare for war while staying neutral -
Germany declares war on the United States
Who: Germany and the United States begin to fight
What: Germany declares war on The United States Of America
Where: It occures in Germany but effect all countries in the war
Why is this significant: This marks the begining on the war with Germany in the U.S. -
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Battle of El Alamein
Who: The Germans and the Allied forces
What: The germans attacked the allied hold of El Alamein
Where: Located about 150 miles west of Cairo
Why is this significatnt: turning point in war forallied forces, and germany never regains land in the african continent -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Who: Axis powers and the U.S.S.R.
What: Germany and its allies marched into the U.S.S.R.
Where: Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R.
Why was this significant: This is concidered the turning point in the war in Europe -
Allies land in Italy
Who: The Allied forces
What: Allies land in Italy
Where: Italy
Why is this significant: This is important beacuse the defeted the italan troops -
D-Day invasion
Who: 160,000 Allied troops vs the Germans
What: Allied troops landed in normandy and gained a foothold in eourope to start to take down the Nazis
Where: 50 mile strech of beaches in Normandy france
Why is this significant: This is the start of the march across Europe to defete the nazis -
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Battle of The Bulge
Who: A German attack on primaraly American troops but Briish, french, and Canadians were also involved
What: Adolf Hittlers lsat major push to defete the Allied forces
Where: It started when German troops attaked in the Ardennes Forest in Belgum
Why is it significant: It was significant because the amount of destruction that occured to both sides. It also made it impossable for another large scale attake from germany -
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Yalta Confrence
Who: FDR, Stalin, and Churchill
What: A confrence between the "Big Three" to devise a plan to defet Nazi germany
Where: Yalta in present day Ukrain
Why was ths significant: It was important because it helped create a plan on how to operate post war conditions -
FDR Dies
Who: Franklin Roosevelt
What: Franklin Roosevelt dies while in office
Where: in The White house
Why is this significant: There was a war going on and Truman was not ready to be in office. -
Hitler commits suicide
Who: Adolf Hitler
What: Hitler sees that his is going to loss the war so he commits suicide
Where: In his underground bunker in Berlin
Why is this significant: This is important beacuse the main man that started the war takes his life and basicaly ends he war -
Germany Surrenders
Who: the western allies defet Germanycausing them to surrender
What: THis is when germany surrenders to the allied forces in the west
Where: In Germany when, the generals realize they can not win
Why is this significant: this markes the end of the war in europe
