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Molotov-Ribbentrop pact
Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
Nazi invasion of Poland
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Phony War
After the Blitzkrieg attack, everything seems to have settled, nothing happens. -
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Germany invades Austria and Czechoslovakia
This was done without any aggression. -
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Germany dominant in North Africa
Erwin Rommel "Desert fox" together with his panzer divisions was beating the Allied powers up to Spring of 1942 -
German forces reach Paris
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France surrenders
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Battle of Britain
Britain won the battle -
German occupation of Romania
The main reason for this occupation was that Germany would have anough raw materials to fuel a long war. -
German Invasion of Russia
Operation Barbarossa -
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Siege of Leningrad
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
Huge naval loss for Japan -
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Fall of Guadacanal
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Germany loses North African Campaign
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Invasion of Italy through Sicily
"Operation Husky" -
New Italian Government signs armistice with the Allies
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Allies take Rome
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D-Day
"Decision Day" invasion by the Allies, on Normandy, France -
French Forces reach Paris
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Romania switches sides and joins the Allies
Romania then gets invaded by the Soviet Union around the same time. Soviet Union takes control. -
Russia invades Bulgaria
9 September, Bulgaria steps out of the war. -
De Gaulle’s administration recognized as legitimate government of France.
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Incendiary bombing of Tokyo by the USA
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Allies reach Rhine river
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Germany Surrenders
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Hiroshima was bombed with an atomic bomb
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Nagasaki was bombed with an atomic bomb
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Surrender of Japan