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Events Of WW2 Flashcards

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What countries are made up of THE ALLIES?

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Britain,USA and the USSR

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What are the AXIS POWERS made up of?

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Germany,Italy and Japan

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3
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What happens on September 1939?

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WW2 begins

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What happens from September 1939 to the end of 1939?

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The ‘Phoney War’

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What happens from Febuary to March 1940?

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The Nazis occupy Denmark and Norway

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What happens on May 1940

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Holland,Belgium and Luxembourg are all occupied by Germany

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What happens after Holland,France,Luxembourg and Belguim are occupied in late May 1940?

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The British evacuate from Dunkirk

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What happens on June 1940?

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France surrenders to Nazi Germany

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What happens from July to October 1940

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The Battle of Britain occurs

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What happens from September to December 1940

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The Blitz occurs

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What happens on June 1941

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The Nazis invade the Soviet Union

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What happens in early December 1941?

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The German Army were held by the Russians weather specifically the winter

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What happens on the 7th of December 1941?

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Pearl Habor occurs

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What happens on June 1942?

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American Dive Bombers destroy the Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway

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What happens on October 1942?

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General Montgomery’s troops defeat the Nazis at El Alamein

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What happens on Febuary 1943?

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German General von Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad in USSR

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What happens on July 1943?

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The Allies(Britain,France and the USSR) invade Sicily and Italy surrenders

18
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What happens on the Autumn of 1943?

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Hitler’s forces on the Eastern Front were defeated

19
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What happens on June 1944?

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Britain and USA invade France with the 6th of June being known as D-Day because of the amount of casualties

20
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What happens on August 1944?

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The Allies(Britain,France and the USSR) arrive in Paris

21
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What happens on March 1945?

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The Allies(Britain,France and the USSR) cross the rhine into Germany

22
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What happens on April 1945?

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Hitler commits suicide

23
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What happens on May 1945?

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The Soviets are now in Berlin forcing Germany to surrender

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What happens on August 1945?

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Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by Atomic bombs to end the war in the Far East forcing Japan to surrender though there are theories that Japan would of surrendered without the atomic bomb being dropped

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