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WWII
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Invasion of Ethiopia
At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. -
Germany invaded Poland
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Battle of the River Plate
The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of World War 2. -
The Battle for Moscow
The Germans code-named this war Operation Typhoon. -
Japan declares war on the US
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bombing of Pearl Harbor
Made the USA join the war. -
The fall of Singapore
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The Battle of Coral Sea
If the Japanese had won at Coral Sea, the path would've been open for the Japanese to captured New Guinea and leave Australia stayed away from Allied help and more open to a Japanese attack. -
Battle of Gazala
The Battle of Gazala came after there had been a lull in the war in North Africa from February to the middle of May 1942. -
The Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Almamein is seen as one of the decisive victories of World War Two -
The Battle of Guadalcanal
They had spiders as big as there hands and they could kill someone with one bite. -
The Battle of Kursk
Kursk was to be the biggest tank battle of World War Two and the battle resulted in a severe crisis for Nazi Germany’s war machine in Russia. -
D-Day
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The Battle of the Philippine Sea
America launched the start of a major assault through the Central Pacific and at the heart of the Japanese defence system. -
The Battle of the Bulge
Hitler had convinced himself that the alliance between Britain, France and America in the western sector of Europe was not strong and that a major attack and defeat would break up the alliance. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The capture of Iwo Jima was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. -
The Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa was to prove a bloody battle even by the standards of the war in the Far East but it was to be one of the major battles of World War 2. -
The Battle for Berlin
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European War ends
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Japan surrenders
Japan surrenders on september 1 1945.
