Map by Ricardo Carlos Figueroa

Poland

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1939,September 1

Nazis invade Poland using the Blitzkreig

Effect

France and Britain declare war on Germany, WWII begins

Poland

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1939, September 28

Britain,France declare war on Germany

Effect

Poland falls quickly

Poland

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1939, October

Soviets capture Poland

Effect

Poland falls down

Netherlands

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1940,May

Nazis conquer Netherlands

Effect

Belgium, Luxembourg reach the French Coast of Dunkirk

France

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1940 June

France surrenders against Germany

Effect

Charles de Gaulle leads French opposition abroad

Germany

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1940 July

Germany plans to invade Britain-Air Attacks begin

Effect

British use air force,radar,code breaking to Germany

London, UK

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1941 May

Air war over Britain

Effect

Hitler calls off the attack- it showed his weakness

Beijing, China

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1937, July

Japan invades China conquered Beijing and Nanjing

Effect

Tens of thousands are raped and killed.

French Indochina

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1941 July

Japan took French Indochina which now is Vietnam Camboida, Laos

Effect

In response the U.S. cut off all oil shipments to Japan

Finland

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1940 March

Soviets capture Lithuania Lativia Poland

Effect

Finland surrenders March 1940

Denmark

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1940 April

Many months without action "The Phony war"

Effect

Hitler captures Denmark Norway

Yugoslavia

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1941 April

Hitler plans to invade Soivet Union takes Yugoslavia Greece

Effect

Invades unprepared was a win and a loss

St Petersburg, Russia

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1941 September

Nazis surround the city to starve inhabitants

Effect

1 million die during the winter

Moscow, Russia

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1941 October

Nazis almost succeed

Effect

Horrible winter overwheelmed them

Voronezh Oblast, Russia

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1942 August

Nazis capture the city

Effect

But get surrounded and forced to surrender

Hawaii, USA

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1941 December 7

Japan attacks peral harbor

Effect

Congress declares war on Japan

Coral Sea

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1942 May

Americans stop

Effect

Japanese Advance

Battle of Midway

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1942 June 4-7

US destroys Japan naval fleet

Effect

Japan retreats

Normandy, France

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1944 June 6

American British French and Candaian troops storm beaches of Normandy

Effect

Largest land and sea attack in history and Liberation of France begun

France

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1944 September

Allies liberated France Belguim and Luxemburg

Effect

Invasion of German can begin

Luxembourg

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1944 December

Last German offensive

Effect

Germany retreats after

Berlin, Germany

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1945 April

Soviets souround Berlin

Effect

Hitler commits suicide Berlin falls

Germany

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1945 May 8

Germany officially surrenders

Effect

V-E day Victory in Europe

Okinawa Japan

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1945 June

American troops took Okinawa

Effect

Japan suffered huge casualites

Hiroshima, Japan

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1945 Aug 6

US dropped atomic bomb in Hiroshima

Effect

75,000 die

Nagasaki, Japan

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1945 August 9

US dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Effect

70,000 die

Japan

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1945 September 2

Japan surrenders

Effect

WWII is over