World War 2 Dates Flashcards

1
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1st september 1939

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Germany invades Poland : use of Blitzkieg

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2
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3rd September 1939

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UK and France declare war to Germany

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3
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17th September 1939

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Russia invades Poland

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4
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3rd September 1939 - 10th may 1940

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Phony war

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5
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30th November 1939

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USSR invader Finland (Winter War)

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6
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9th April 1940

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Scandinavian Campaing
Germany invades Denmark (6 hours invasion)

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7
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9th April 1940

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Norway is invaded by Germany

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8
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9th June 1940

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Norway has lost

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9
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10th may 1940

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Germany attacks the West of Europe

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10
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22th June 1940

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France signes the armistice

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11
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10th July - 31st October 1940

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The Great Britain battle is lost by the nazis

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12
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13th September 1940

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Italians invade Egypt through Libya

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13
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27th September 1940

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Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact

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14
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22nd June 1941

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Operation Barbarossa, Germany breaks non agression pact with USSR

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15
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7th December 1941

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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

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16
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June 1942

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Japanese advance is stopped at the battle of Midway

17
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23-24 October 1942

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British troops defeat axis at El Alamein in Egypt, making them retreat to Tunisia

18
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13 may 1943

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Axis surrenders in Tunisia ending the North Africain campaign

19
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10th July 1943

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UK and US land in Sicily

20
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9th September 1943

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Allies land in Saleino

21
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6th june 1944

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London Normandy beaches

22
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25 august 1944

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Paris is liberated

23
Q

December 1944

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France is mostly liberated

24
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7-8/9 may 1945

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Germany signs unconditional surrender

25
Q

6th august 1945

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USA bombs Hiroshima with the atomic bomb

26
Q

9th august 1945

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USA bombs Nagasaki with the atomic bomb

27
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2nd September 1945

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Japan surrenders