WWII timeline

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    Holocoust

    Mass murder of the jewish people
  • Invasion of Poland

    Nazis invade Poland
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    World War II

    World War II started on September 1 1939 with Germany's invason of Poland and ended on September 2 1945 with the offical surrendrer of Japan
  • Battle of Brittian

    Germany begins air raids on Great Britain
  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan atacks the American Pacfic fleet at Pearl Harbor
  • Battle for Midway Island

    Japan attacks Midway Island
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    Guadalcanal

    US Marines attack Guadalcanal
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle for Stalingrad is won by the Russians. German will not win another maijor battle the whole war
  • FDR dies

    FDR dies after leading the country for 13 years
  • Mussolini shot by Italin partisans

  • Hitler Commits Suiced

    Hitler kills himself in a bomb shelter
  • Berlin Captured

  • Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima by the ENOLA GAY

    first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
  • Fat man dropped on Nagasaki by Bockscar

    Second atomic bomb dropped on Japan
  • Japan surrenders

    The offical surrender of Japan ends WWII
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    Berlin Airlift

    After the Soveits blockaded Berlin The allies airlifted supplies to Berlin