WWII STARTS IN EUROPE (sep 1, 1939 – sep 3, 1939)

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Sept. 1: War in Europe begins as Germany attacks Poland
- using blitzkrieg tactics
- "lightning war"
- using tanks, planes, etc.


Sept. 3: France + Britain declare war on Germany


Sept. 27: Poland surrenders


USSR:
- takes Eastern Poland (part of the deal with Hitler)
- takes the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, & Estonia)
- attacks Finland ("the Winter War")


Mussolini creates an alliance with Germany
- Italy takes Albania and Greece with the help of Germany
- Italy invades and fights in North Africa

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