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  2. Invasion of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The invasion of Poland, [e] also known as the September Campaign, [f] Polish Campaign, [g] War of Poland of 1939, [h] and Polish Defensive War of 1939[i][13] (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. [14]

  3. October 1944 - Wikipedia

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    October 1, 1944 (Sunday) The Battle of Tornio began between German and Finnish forces. Operation Undergo ended in Allied victory. Putten raid happened from October 1st to 2nd 660 men were taken away after a failed attack on a German official in November 1944. After a four-day battle, the U.S. Fifth Army captured Monte Battaglia on the Gothic ...

  4. Timeline of World War II (1939) - Wikipedia

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    Bibliography. v. t. e. This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany 's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by ...

  5. Timeline of World War II (1944) - Wikipedia

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    February 1944. 1st. 15th. 1: U.S. Marines mop up on Roi and Namur in the northern part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. 2: The Narva front near the east border of Estonia is formed between the Soviet and German forces. : Germans defeat American troops in the Battle of Cisterna near Anzio. [2]

  6. Nuremberg executions - Wikipedia

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    The Nuremberg executions took place on October 16th, 1946, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials.Ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Julius Streicher.

  7. World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...

  8. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.

  9. Military history of Italy during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Italy enters the war: June 1940. Italy and its colonies in 1940, before the start of the Western Desert Campaign. On 10 June 1940, as the French government fled to Bordeaux during the German invasion, declaring Paris an open city, Mussolini felt the conflict would soon end and declared war on Britain and France.