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300-400 thousand French and British troops are evacuated after being defeated by the German army in May 1940

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Germany invades Poland on September 1st 1939

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On June 14, France requested an armistice with Germany, and the Germans had put the swastika flag on the eiffel tower.

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Maison des Canadiens - Canada House (Partie gauche/left), Promenade des Français, Bernières-sur-Mer, France

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Maison des Canadiens - Canada House (Partie gauche/left), Promenade des Français, Bernières-sur-Mer, France

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Maison des Canadiens - Canada House (Partie gauche/left), Promenade des Français, Bernières-sur-Mer, France

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It is an important landmark, as it was the first house liberated by Germany. This happened on what is now known as D-Day (June 6, 1944).

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100,000 German soldiers had fallen (froze to death, starved or killed), even before they surrender of the Sixth Army.

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The battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history, it lasted from July 5, 1943 to August 23, 1943.

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After the attack on Pearl Harbour, led to Japanese Canadians being sent away to internment camps to work and live away from the coasts.

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The Japanese invaded the Philippines in 1942, and surrendered in 1945.

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The second atomic bomb dropped in the world, and resulted hundreds of thousands of people dying.

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The third atomic bomb ever dropped in the world, and killed over a hundred thousand people.

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The United States became the main arsenal of the Allied Powers, building 6 ships a day, and 96,000 planes a year, and it peaked in November 1943.

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Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty

The U.S President Nixon and the USSR leader Bruzhnev sign the SALT treaty on May 26, 1972, in Moscow.

It was important to the 20th century because it had put a limit to their nuclear missiles and had lessened the tensions between the two major powers.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis

A nuclear war had almost occured when a USSR sub almost launched nukes after brushing the blockade.

It was important because it led to the creation of the 'Hotline Agreement', where a hotline was installed between the Kremlin and the Whitehouse so a nuclear war wouldn't happen.

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The CIA

The USA's international spy agency, is an independent agency and is not connected to the military and politics.

They tried to prevent communist leaders from taking control in neutral countries, via bribery, rallies, and even murders/assasinations.