WWII Chronology Flashcards

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1
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Germany invades Poland

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1939

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USSR invades Poland

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1939

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Finnish-Soviet War starts

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1939

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Finnish-Soviet War ends

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1940

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5
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Germany invades Norway and Denmark

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1940

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6
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Germany launches Fall Gelb

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1940

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7
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Churchill becomes PM of Britain

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1940

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8
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Dunkirk evacuation starts

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1940

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9
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France signs armistice with Germany

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1940

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10
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Battle of Britain begins

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1940

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11
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Hitler postpones Op SEALION indefinitely

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1940

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12
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Tripartite Pact: Germany, Italy, Japan

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1940

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13
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Italy invades Greece

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1940

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14
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Rommel arrives in Libya

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1941

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15
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British forces begin evacuating Greece

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1941

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16
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German airborne forces land on Crete

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1941

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17
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Germany invades USSR

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1941

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18
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Peru invades Ecuador

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1941

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19
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Japanese assets in US frozen

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1941

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20
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Placentia Bay conference: Atlantic Charter

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1941

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21
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German operation Typhoon at Moscow

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1941

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22
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Red Army counteroffensive in Moscow

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1941

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23
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Pearl Harbor

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1941

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24
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Prince of Wales sunk off Malaysia, Japanese invades Phillippines

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1941

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25
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Germany, Italy declare war on USA

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1941

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26
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Haiti declares war on Bulgaria

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1941

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27
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Hong Kong falls to Japanese

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1941

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28
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UN Declaration

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1942

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29
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Internment of Jap-Americans

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1942

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30
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Singapore falls to Japanese

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1942

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31
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Doolittle raid on Tokyo

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1942

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32
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Battle of Coral Sea starts

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1942

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33
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First RAF thousand bomber raid on Germany

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1942

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34
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Battle of Midway

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1942

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35
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Tobruk falls to Rommel

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1942

36
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Germans launch offensive (BLUE) into Soviet caucasus

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1942

37
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US troops land on Guadalcanal

A

1942

38
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Start of final battle at El Alamein

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1942

39
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Operation TORCH: allied landing in N Africa

A

1942

40
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First controlled nuclear chain reaction in Chicago

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1942

41
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Casablanca Conference

A

1943

42
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8th USAAF mounts its first rain on Germany

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1943

43
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German forces capitulate at Stalingrad

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1943

44
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Axis forces capitulate in N Africa

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1943

45
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UBoats withdrawn from N Atlantic

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1943

46
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Tank battle of Kursk begins

A

1943

47
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Allied invasion of Sicily

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1943

48
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Mussolini deposed, arrested

A

1943

49
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Italy surrenders, Germans occupy 2/3 Italy

A

1943

50
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US forces land on Tarawa

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1943

51
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Tehran conference of Big 3 starts

A

1943

52
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Siege of Leningrad ends

A

1944

53
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D-Day: Op OVERLORD

A

1944

54
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Start of V1 bombardment against England

A

1944

55
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Strategic air offensive against Japan begins

A

1944

56
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Bretton Woods conference starts

A

1944

57
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Hitler assassination attempt fails

A

1944

58
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First V2 rocket raids against Britain start

A

1944

59
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Quebec conference starts

A

1944

60
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Operation MARKET GARDEN launched

A

1944

61
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Dumbarton Oaks conference starts

A

1944

62
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Warsaw Uprising crushed by Germand while Red Army stands by

A

1944

63
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MacArthur returns to Philippines

A

1944

64
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Battle of Leyte Gulf begins

A

1944

65
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Germans launch Battle of the Bulge

A

1944

66
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Red Army takes Warsaw

A

1945

67
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Yalta Conference w Big 3

A

1945

68
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Air raid on Dresden

A

1945

69
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US forces land on Iwo Jima

A

1945

70
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US 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Remagen

A

1945

71
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US forces land on Okinawa

A

1945

72
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FDR dies

A

1945

73
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Soviet, US troops meet at Torgau

A

1945

74
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SanFran conference starts, launching UN

A

1945

75
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Mussolini shot by partisans

A

1945

76
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Hitler suicide

A

1945

77
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Red Army takes Berlin

A

1945

78
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VE Day: German uncondtional surrender

A

1945

79
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Italy declares war on Japan

A

1945

80
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Alamogordo Trinity test

A

1945

81
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Potsdam conference

A

1945

82
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Churchill loses elections, Attlee PM

A

1945

83
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Hiroshima

A

1945

84
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USSR declares war on Japan, invades Manchukuo

A

1945

85
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Nagasaki

A

1945

86
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Hirohito announces surrender

A

1945