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September 1st, 1939

Nazi invade Poland using the Blitzkrieg

Effect :

France and Britain war on Germany

, WWII begins.

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March, 1940

soviets capture Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Finland who surrenders to the soviet union.

Effect:

They sign a peace treaty with the soviet union, losing land in the process.

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April, 1940

Hitler captures Denmark and Norway.

Effect : Germany gained more land, and gained access to resources.

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May , 1940

Nazi conquer Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg - reaching the french coast.

Effect : Germans were forced to trap British, and the french on the coast on Dunkirk. the British navy, and civilians takes ships across the channel to save soldiers.

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June , 1940

France surrenders , and is now controlled by Germany. (D - day)

effect : Hitler now had control of all western Europe, and the new prime minister of England vowed to never surrender to the Germans. following this Hitler started to plan his attack on Britain.

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July, 1940

Germany begins air attack on Britain.

Effect : the British used their resources to resist Germany invasion

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July, 1937

japan invades china

Effect: Ten ´ s of thousands of people were killed.

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April, 1941

Hitler invaded the unprepared soviet union calling it operation Barbarossa.

Effect : they destroyed the soviet air force

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Siege of Leningrad monument, Omsk, Russia

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Siege of Leningrad monument, Omsk, Russia

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Siege of Leningrad monument, Omsk, Russia

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September, 1941

The Nazi´s surround the city in attempt to starve the inhabitants.

Effect: one million people die during the winter of 41-42.

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October, 1941

this is the battle where the Nazi´s almost succeeded but got overwhelmed by the heavy winter.

Effect: Over 4´000 German men died.

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August, 1942

this battle was the most important of the war, because Nazi´s end up surrounding the city.

in effects: the Nazi´s get surrounded as well and forced to surrender.

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July, 1937

Japan invaded and conquered China, Beijing, and Nanjing.

Effect: Tens of thousands of people were killed.

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July 1941

Japan took French Indochina (french territory), Vietnam including Cambodia and Laos.

Effect : this effected WWII to start in Asia and the U.S cut off all oil shipments to Japan.

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December 7th, 1941

Japan attacks the pearl harbor.

Effect: Congress declared war on Japan.

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December, 1941

Japan invades the Philippines .

Effect: The Philippines had suffered great loss of life and tremendous physical destruction. An estimated 527,000 Filipinos, both military and civilians died that day.

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February, 1942

Japan invaded Singapore under British control and took it.

Effect : Lt General Arthur Percival signed the largest surrender in British history at Singapore.

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May, 1942

Japan invaded and took burma

Effect : Axis victory Disruption of British rule and the Start of Burma Campaign

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June, 1942

Axis forces capture Libya under the leadership of Erwin Rommel ( the dessert fox)

Effect : The Allies trapped about 250,000 German and Italian personnel in northern Tunisia, forcing their surrender.

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November, 1942

British general Bernard Montgomery stopped the axis advance at the battle of el alamein

Effect : El Alamein was the first clear-cut and irreversible victory inflicted by the British Army upon the Axis.

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May, 1942

Americans stop Japanese advance.

Effect : Coral Sea was a strategic victory for the Allies, in that it preserved Port Moresby.

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Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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June 4th - 7th, 1942

The us destroys japans natal fleet .

Effect: Japan retreats.

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December 1944

Battle of The Buldge was the last German offense.

Effect : Germany only retreats.

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April, 1945

The soviets surround Berlin.

Effect: Hitler commits suicide.

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May 2nd, 1945

Berlin falls and Germany officially surrenders.

Effect: VICTORY IN EUROPE !!!

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October, 1944

Japanese navy was very badly damaged during this battle.

Effect : Japanese last resorted to sending kamikazes. (pilots who flew suicide missions)

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October, 1944

Allies move to retake the Philippines

Effect: this affected the battle of Leyte Gulf.

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Iwo Jima, Iōjima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan

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Iwo Jima, Iōjima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan

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Iwo Jima, Iōjima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan

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March, 1945

The american forces captured iwo jima.

Effect: Securing Iwo Jima prepared the way for the last and largest battle in the Pacific, the invasion of Okinawa.

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June, 1945

Americans captured Okinawa in a bloody battle.

Effect: Japan suffered huge casualties.

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August 6th, 1945

The U.S drops the atomic bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima.

Effect: 75 ´ 000 of japan ´ s military and civilians, including women and children died.

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August 9th, 1945

The U.S dropped an atomic (Fat Man) bomb on Nagasaki.

Effect: The damage was less then little boy but still did a lot of damage, 70 ´ 000 Japanese died.

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September, 2nd 1945

Japan officially surrendered , and WW2 IS OVER!