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World War II 1939 - 1945 Invasion of Poland Germany invaded Poland on 1st September 1939 Britain & France declared war on 3rd of September But initially held back from attacking Germany The Blitzkrieg The blitzkrieg is German for 'lighting war' First used by the Luftwaffe (German Airforce) in April 1940 First came aeriel bombing... ...followed by tanks and infantry The Allies were taken by suprise The Netherlands fell in 5 days Belgium in 18 days Luxembourg in 48 hours The excavation of Dunkirk started on May 26th Pearl Harbour Hawaii - 7th December 1941 Surprise attack by Japananese Kamikaze pilots and mini-subs Resulted in USA enterting the war The Doolittle Raid 1942 18th of April Lt Colonel James H. Doolitle It was the first time the USA attacked the Japanese in WW2 The Japanese used germ warfare to kill up to 25,000 Chinese because they had helped the Americans The Afrikakorps Germany and their friends Italy also fought the French and British in Africa The leader of the German Afrikakorps was Erwin Rommel known as the Desert Fox His tanks covered 320km in one day The best know battle was at El Alamein His panzer division were defeated by General Montgomery in 1943 He was later linked to a plot to kill Hitler Delivery Day D-Day was June 6th 1944 when the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy France The German Army was taken by suprise They slowly advanced towards Germany The Russians attacked from the east in June Paris was freed in August 1944 A famous tank battle happend called the battle of The Bulge End of War The Russian Army entered Berlin on 21st April Hitler killed himself on April 30th Germany surrendered on 7th May victory was celebrated the following day known as VE day War continued in the Pacific until August On August 6th the USA dropped an Atom bomb on Hiroshima followed 3 days later by the bombing of Nagasaki Japan surrendered on August 14th 50 million dead 20 million Russians 15 million Soldiers 6 million Jews 4 million Poles >2 million Japanese