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Important dates of WWII
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- 1September 1st, 1939Germany invades Poland
- 2September 3rd, 1939Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
- 3September 17th, 1939Soviet Union invades Poland
- 4May 10th, 1940Germany invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg
- 5May 10th, 1940British Prime minister, Chamberlain, resigns, replaced by Churchill
- 6June 14th, 1940German army enters Paris
- 7June 22nd, 1940France signs armistice with Germany
- 8July 10th, 1940The Battle of Britain begins
- 9June 22nd, 1940Operation Barbarossa: Germany invades the Soviet Union
- 10November 25th, 1940Germans attack Moscow
- 11December 7th, 1940Japanese attack Pearl Harbour, declare war on the USA
- 12December 11th, 1940Germany declare war on USA
- 13June 4th, 1942Battle of Midway: 4 Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk
- 14October 23rd, 1942Battle of El Alamein begins
- 15November 8th, 1942Operation Torch: Allies invade NW Africa
- 16January 31st, 1943Germany surrender to the Soviet Union at Stallingrad
- 17May 12th, 1943Surrender of Axis Powers in North Africa
- 18June 6th, 1944Operation Overlord: Allied invasion of Normandy
- 19August 25th, 1944Allies liberate Paris
- 20December 16th, 1944Battle of the Bulge begins, German attack through Ardennes
- 21January 26th, 1945Soviets liberate Auschwitz
- 22April 12th, 1945President Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes President
- 23April 30th, 1945Hitler commits suicide
- 24May 7th, 1945German unconditional surrender
- 25May 8th, 1945Victory in Europe (VE) Day declared
- 26August 6th, 1945Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
- 27August 9th, 1945Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
- 28August 14th, 1945Japanese surrender
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