Germany at War 1939-45 Flashcards
1
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1939 September 1
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German invasion of Poland
2
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1939 September 3
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Britain and France declared war
3
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1941 June 22
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Operation Barbarossa - German invasion of USSR
4
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1941 December 11
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German declaration of war on USA following Pearl Harbour - continental war globalised
5
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1942 February
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Speer’s reforms to mobilise the war economy
6
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1942 November
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German defeat at El Alamein
7
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1943 January
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German surrender at Stalingrad
8
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1943 February 18
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Goebbel’s speech rallied people for a total war
9
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1943 July 24
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Hamburg fire storm
10
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1944 June 6
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Allied landing in Normandy
11
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1945 May 7
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German surrender: occupation and division of Germany