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Germany invaded poland on september 1, 1939, Britain and France then declared war on Germany which started WWII. Poland was taken over by Germany on October 6th.
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France was invaded by Germany in May of 1940. germany used tanks, and bombers. Then the germans attacked from a different angle through luxembourg and crossed France's border. One month later Paris was conquered by Germany. -
Once Germany had control of France they focused their attention of on Britain. They sent many bomber into Britain but Britain stood its ground and held onto its royal air force. In the fall of 1940 Germany stopped attacking britain but still bombed them repeatedly until May 1941. -
On December 7, 1941, The japanese bombed Pearl Harbor destroying ships and killing many people. This led to America declaring war on Japan. -
The Battle of Midway was the turning point in WWII becuase it was when the the Allies were finally able to start taking control on the Pacific from the Japanese. -
The battle of Stalingrad started on july 17, 1942, and ended on February 2, 1943. When Germany attacked the Solviets they were able to gain tons of territory. The solviets in response launched a counter attack and flanked the Germany army and forced them to surrender. This really damaged the germany military.
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After the british had defeated the axis powers in South Africa they directed there focus on the Mediterranean and believed taking Italy would be big advantage for the Allies. After a long battle on April 18, 1945. The Germans surrendered Italy to the Allies.
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On June 6, 1944, British and Canadian troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. To take back France from the Nazis. -
In december of 1944 the germans launched a last stand effort against the Americans and british trying to stall the allies attack. By january the germans had failed and lost a great military force. -
On april 6th and 9th of 1945 The US bombed the japanese city Hiroshima and three days later Nagasaki. Japan surrendered offically to the US, Britain, and the Soviets on September 2, 1945.
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On April 25, 1945, the soviets surrounded berlin and American forces attacked from the west. five days later Hitler commited suicide and on may 9th all geman forces surrendered.
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