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Hitler Rise To Power
Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who attracted a wide following of Germans desperate for change. He promised the disenchanted a better life and a new and glorious Germany. -
Invasion of Poland
The Soviet Union invaded Poland and the Baltic nations. GReat Britian and France declared war on Gemany -
Invasion of Paris
Germany cut off allied units which had advanced into the country of Belgium. When the British and the French saw themselves pushed back by the operation, the British evacuated their British Expeditionary Force with other French divisions in Operation Dynamo -
Bombing of London (Blitz)
London was the main target but other major cities were also bombed. Casualties were high. On the first day of bombing 430 people were killed and 1,600 badly injured. -
Invasion of Soviet Union
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the United States at the Pearl Harbor without warning. -
U.S. Joins War
The United States declared war on Japan. Germany declared war on the United States -
Battle of Midway
The USA was victorious over Japan. It was the turning point in the war in the pacific giving the USA the advantage over Japan -
D-Day
American and Allied troops landed in France, it was the turning point in the war in Western Europe. USA begins to liberate -
Atomic Bombs
USA dropsatomic bombs on the Japanese citites of Hiroshima and Nagaski. Forces Japan to surrender and ends WW2
