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On this date, Hitler broke the nonaggression pact. This pact was supposed to stop war, but Hitler broke it and attacked Poland.
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World War Two lasted from 1939 to 1945.
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The French and British declared war on Germany and set up troops on France's border. The calm of the Phony war ended as Hitler suddenly attacked and conquered Denmark and Norway.
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The British sent rescue ships to save soldiers from Dunkirk, which was a French beach. They took heavy fire from German bombers during this process and saved about 338,000 soldiers.
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Besides Dunkirk, resistance is France started to fail. The Germans took Paris on June 14, but it took France until the 22 to surrender.
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Until now, Germans attacked British airfields. Now, they turned to attacking British cities to lower their moral.
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This battle was a fight between the German and British, which was a series of air raid and plane fighting.
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The Germans start their attack on the Soviet Union. Although the Soviet Union had a bigger army, they were unprepared for the attack.
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A German U-boat fired on a U.S ship in the Atlantic. Roosevelt then ordered U.S ships to fire at Germans on sight, which engaged them in war.
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The German forces put Leningrad under siege. By November, Leningrad was completely cut off from the rest of the Soviet Union, however, they failed to take it.
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After the struggles with Leningrad, Hitler went for Moscow. The winter kicked in and Hitler ordered no retreat until March 1943, but they gained no progress and lost 500,000 soldiers.
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American soldiers were surprised when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This destroyed many ships and soldiers. After this America declared war on Japan.
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Starting on the fourth and ending on the seventh, the Battle of Midway was a battle in the Pacific where Americans defeated the Japanese. They destroyed many ships and planes in this battle.
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American troops stormed the island of Guadalcanal and Tulagi. With help from Australians, they took the island as well as the Airfield. This gave them a powerful position close to Japan.
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Germans wanted to gain Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. The Germans had 99% of the city under control, but after a harsh winter, they were on the defensive and pushed westward.
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The British wanted to retake their African Territory, so they stormed the village of Alamein, where the Axis troops retreated to. By November fourth, the Axis troops retreated.
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The Allies pushed in on the beach of Normandy where Germans were set up. They eventually took France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and had their eyes set on Germany.
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Victory in Europe Day was when the Nazi's finally surrendered. This finally ended the war in Europe. The surrender was signed in Berlin.
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The first Atomic Bomb was dropped on this day. America then threatened the Japanese that if they didn't surrender, they could expect "rain of ruin from the air".
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The Japanese didn't respond to Americas threats. They dropped a bomb on Hiroshima and later on Nagasaki in a last attempt to make them surrender.
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Finally, after years of fighting, the Japanese finally surrendered. The war has officially ended and now people focus on rebuilding the world.
