WWII Timeline

  • Germany invades Poland

    The Germans soviet pact of august 1939,which stated that Poland was to be partition between the two powers enabled Germany to attack Poland with the fear of soviet intervention .On September 1,1939. Germany invaded Poland . the polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion
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    Germany invaded France and captured Paris

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom, locked in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force . Britain’s decisive victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces
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    Gerrmany bombed london

    The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, literally "the air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).
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    japan bombed pearl harbor

    Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, and was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. on that Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded