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1939

• Hitler invaded Poland on September the 1st. 
• 2 days later, Britain and France declare war on Germany.

1940

• Rationing starts in the United Kingdom.
• German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.
• Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
• British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.
• British wins in a Battle of Britain forces.

1941

• Hitler begins Operation :"Barbarossa" - the invasion of Russia.
• The Blitz continues to fight against Britain's major cities.
• Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and refuse to accept German attacks.
• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the United States enters the war.

1942

• Germany suffers delays or can't hold on much longer at Stalingrad and El Alamein.
• Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken.
• American navel victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks a turning point in Pacific War.
• A  mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins.

1943

• Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.
• Allied victory in North Africa make an invasion on Italy to be launched.
• Italy surrenders, but Germany keeps on atacking.
• British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.

1944

• Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino.
• Soviet offensive gathers rapidly in Eastern Europe.
• D Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August.
• Guam liberated by the United States Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.

1945

• Auschwitz tolerated by Soviet troops.
• Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on May the 7th.
• Truman becomes President of the U.S on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.
• After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on August the 14th.