WW2 timeline final
Category: Other
Updated: 31 Oct 2017
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Created byOmar Bou Diab
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Germany and the Soviet Union invade Poland,
initiating World War II in Europe.Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack;
Norway holds out until June 9.Germany attacks western Europe—France and
the neutral Low Countries. Luxembourg is
occupied on May 10; the Netherlands
surrenders on May 14; and Belgium
surrenders on May 28. On June 22, France
signs an armistice agreement by which the
Germans occupy the northern half of the
countryGermany and her Axis partners launch a new
offensive in the Soviet Union. German troops
fight their way into StalingradGermany surrenders to the Soviets.The United States drops an atomic bomb on
Nagasaki & HiroshimaThe Germans launch a final offensive in the west,
known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt
to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces
along the German border.Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders,
Great Britain and France declare war on
Germany.Hitler commits suicide.Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war
on the United States.
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