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1. Adolf Hitler was born on _____
2. World War Two began with the German invasion of Poland. On what date did this occur?
3. In the early stages of the war Hitler seized the Low Countries. By May 1940 France was being pummeled by German ground and air units. British forces retreated from France and on ____ France surrendered to Hitler.
4. The date that will live in infamy, immortalized in Franklin D Roosevelt's famous speech.
5. With his Italian allies beginning to succumb, Hitler makes plans to invade Italy to block the allies from gaining a foothold near his troops in the Balkans. This strategy ultimately proved useful when the Italians surrendered on_____.
6. Operation Overlord, otherwise known as D-day ... On what day did the Allied troops storm the beaches of Normandy?
7. Germany finally signed an unconditional surrender in Western Europe on ______ .
8. The world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Japan on _____
9. The world's second and (so far last) atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on Nagasaki Japan on ____
10. The unconditional surrender of Japan and official end of World War 2 was signed on ___
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