Major Events and Turning Points

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Major Events and Turning Points During WWII
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Germany Invades Poland
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• September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland, setting
  off war in Europe.
• The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the
  Baltic nations.
• Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.

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Germany Invades France

• Germany invades France on May 14, 1940
• Germany captures Paris in June 1940

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Battle of Britain

• Battle of Britain begins in July 1940
• Bombing of London begins in September

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US gives Britain War Supplies

• The US gave Great Britain war supplies
• Great Britain gave the US access to military
  bases in The Caribbean and Bermuda

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Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

• December 7, 1941
• US declares war on
• Japan
• Germany declares
  
• war on the US
• US declares war on
• Germany

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Battle of Midway

• The US defeats Japan in the Battle of Midway
• This is the turning point of the war in the
  Pacific

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Battle of Stalingrad

• Germany invaded The Soviet Union in 1941
• The Soviet Union defeats Germany at the Battle of
  Stalingrad
• This is the turning
• point of the war in
• Eastern Europe

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June 6, 1944 - D-Day

• American and Allied troops land in Normandy,
  France
• This begins the liberation of Western Europe

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Decoy Tanks
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Rommel inspects the beaches
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The Atomic Bomb

• The US drops two
• atomic bombs on
• Japan
• First on Hiroshima,
• then on Nagasaki
• This forces Japan to
• surrender, ending WWII

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