German Invasion of Poland: September 1, 1939, Britain and France declare war on Germany. Official start of WWII., Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo): May–June 1940, Over 300,000 Allied troops are rescued from the beaches, boosting British morale., Battle of Britain: July–October 1940, First major campaign fought entirely by air forces. The RAF defends Britain from German bombing., Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941, Hitler breaks the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invades the Soviet Union, opening the Eastern Front., Attack on Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941, Japan attacks the US naval base, leading to the United States joining the war., Battle of Stalingrad: August 1942 – February 1943, Major Soviet victory that marks a turning point on the Eastern Front., D-Day Landings (Operation Overlord): June 6, 1944, Allied forces land in Normandy, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control., Hiroshima and Nagasaki: August 6 and 9, 1945, The US drops atomic bombs on Japan, leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of WWII.,

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