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“the...not the end, or even
JULY 1944
World’s large
st ever
amphibious op
eration
begins the A
llied
reconquest o
f Europe
beginning of
but may well be the end,
the end of
the beginning
”
5
BER 194
SEPTEM
,
rrenders
Japan su
ds
ar II en
W
ld
r
o
W
DECE
MBER
1942
Japan
attac
ks US
and U
A,
S dec
lares
war
JUNE 1941
Germans inva
de
Soviet Union
45
lly
MAY 19
nditiona
o
c
n
u
s
German
er
surrend
JUNE 1940
ris and
Germans reach Pa
ender
the French surr
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A R R A N G E T H E E V E N T S I N T H E I R C O R R E C T O R D ER
GLOSSARY
SEPTEMBER
1940
Hitler launch
es the Blitz,
the aerial bo
mbing of
British cities
JULY 1943
ory halts
Soviet vict
vance east
German ad
0
the
MAY 194
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t
li
B
n
a
Germ
rance
ds and F
n
la
r
e
h
t
Ne
Amphibious - involving
forces landed from the
sea
JUNE 1940
1
British evacuate Du
nkirk after
German advance in Fr
ance cuts
off Allies
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Evacuate – remove people
from a place of danger /
withdraw from
1945
AUGUST
mb
atomic bo
USA drop
n
ima, Japa
h
s
o
ir
H
n
o
APRIL 1
945
Hitler co
mmits su
icide
as Sovie
ts reach
Berlin
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EMBER 1940
AUGUST-SEPT
itain,
The Battle of Br
mpts to
where Nazi atte
e halted
invade Britain ar
any
much owed by so m
so few
to
”