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1939 September

Nazi Germany invades using Blitzkrieg tactics

Effect: Britain/France declare war; WWII begins

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1939 September

Minimal combat after Poland's fall

Effect: Germany prepares western offensive

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1940 March

USSR invades Finland

Effect: Finland keeps independence but loses land

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1940 April

Germany occupies both nations

Effect: Secures iron ore; Allied embarrassment

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1940 May-June

France falls in 6 weeks

Effect: Vichy regime established

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1940 May-June

338,000 Allies evacuated

Effect: Saves British army

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Skies Lounge, Lord Street, Southport, UK

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1940 July-October

German air raids on Britain

Effect: First Nazi defeat; UK survives

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1941 June

Germany invades USSR

Effect: War becomes global

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1941 September

872-day blockade

Effect: 1 million civilians die

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1941 December

Japan attacks US fleet

Effect: US enters WWII

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1942 April

Japanese force-march 60,000 POWs

Effect: 10,000+ die; war crime revealed

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1942 June

US destroys 4 Japanese carriers

Effect: Pacific turning point

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Back In The USSR, улица Невская, Volgograd, Russia

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1942 August

Bloodiest battle in history

Effect: Germany's first major defeat

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1943 April-May

Jews resist deportation

Effect: Symbol of Holocaust resistance

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1943 September

Allies invade; Italy switches sides

Effect: Axis weakens

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1944 June 6

Allied invasion of Europe

Effect: Liberates Western Europe

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1944 December

Germany's last major offensive

Effect: Nazis exhaust final reserves

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1945 January 27

Soviets discover death camp

Effect: Holocaust evidence revealed

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1945 February

Allies plan post-war world

Effect: Cold War tensions begin

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Iwo Jima, Iōjima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan

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1945 February-March

Fierce island fighting

Effect: US gains airbase near Japan

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1945 March 9-10

100,000 die in single night

Effect: Destroys Japanese morale

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1945 April 30

Nazi leader kills himself

Effect: Germany collapses

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1945 May 8

Germany surrenders

Effect: War ends in Europe

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1945 July-August

Allies demand Japan's surrender

Effect: Sets stage for Cold War

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1945 August 6

First atomic bomb dropped

Effect: 70,000 instantly killed

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1945 August 9

Second atomic bomb

Effect: Japan surrenders

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1945 September 2

Formal Japanese surrender

Effect: WWII officially ends