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35 Cards in this Set
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1938
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German Anschluss with Austria
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30 Sept 1938
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Treaty of Munich
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March 1939
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Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
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March/April 1939
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Britain rearms and reassures Poland
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Late Aug 1939
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Russia and Germany sign pact
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1 Sept 1939
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Hitler invades Poland
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3 Sept 1939
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Sept 1939 - May 1940
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"Phoney war"
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April/May 1940
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Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
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10 May 1940
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Blitzkrieg
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13 May 1940
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Chamberlain resigns
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26 May 1940
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Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
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11 June 1940
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Italy enters war on side of Axis powers
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22 June 1940
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France signs armistice with Germany
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10 July - 31 October 1940
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Battle of Britain
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22 Sept 1940
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Tripartite Pact
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December 1940
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British rout Italians in North Africa
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Early 1941
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Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
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22 June 1941
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Hitler attacks Russia - Operation Barbarossa
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7 Dec 1941
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Pearl Harbour
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8 Dec 1941
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Britain and US declare war on Japan
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Feb 1942
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Japanese take Singapore
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June 1942
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Battle of Midway
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Aug 1942
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Allies in North Africa
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23 Oct 1942
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Battle of El Alamein
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Nov 1942
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Nov 1942
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Allies push into North Africa
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May 12 1943
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Axis surrender North Africa
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July 1943
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Allies invade Sicily
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Aug 1943
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Allies take Sicily
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3 Sept 1943
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Italy surrenders
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Nov 1943
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Allies meet at Tehran
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6 June 1944
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D-Day
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25 Aug 1944
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Paris liberated
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Dec 1944
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Battle of the Bulge
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