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Flashcards by rubyduggan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by rubyduggan
over 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| September 1st, 1939 |
Germany invades Poland
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| September 3rd, 1939 | Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany |
| September 17th, 1939 | Soviet Union invades Poland |
| May 10th, 1940 | Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg |
| May 10th, 1940 |
British Prime minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Churchill
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| June 14th, 1940 | German army enters Paris |
| June 22nd, 1940 | France signs armistice with Germany |
| July 10th, 1940 | The Battle of Britain begins |
| June 22nd, 1940 | Operation Barbarossa: Germany invades the Soviet Union |
| November 25th, 1940 | Germans attack Moscow |
| December 7th, 1940 |
Japanese attack Pearl Harbour, declare war on the USA
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| December 11th, 1940 | Germany declare war on USA |
| June 4th, 1942 | Battle of Midway: 4 Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk |
| October 23rd, 1942 | Battle of El Alamein begins |
| November 8th, 1942 | Operation Torch: Allies invade NW Africa |
| January 31st, 1943 | Germany surrender to the Soviet Union at Stallingrad |
| May 12th, 1943 | Surrender of Axis Powers in North Africa |
| June 6th, 1944 |
Operation Overlord: Allied invasion of Normandy
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| August 25th, 1944 | Allies liberate Paris |
| December 16th, 1944 | Battle of the Bulge begins, German attack through Ardennes |
| January 26th, 1945 | Soviets liberate Auschwitz |
| April 12th, 1945 | President Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes President |
| April 30th, 1945 | Hitler commits suicide |
| May 7th, 1945 | German unconditional surrender |
| May 8th, 1945 | Victory in Europe (VE) Day declared |
| August 6th, 1945 | Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
| August 9th, 1945 |
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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| August 14th, 1945 | Japanese surrender |
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