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#WorldWar2 key events and their timeline with visual references.

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 November 11, 1918
WORLD WAR I ENDS

Britain, France, the US, and other allies defeat Germany, bringing an end to World War I, billed as “the war to end all wars.”
January 30, 1933
HITLER APPOINTED GERMAN LEADER

Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and later assumes dictatorial powers. German rearmament takes off.
September 1, 1939
WORLD WAR II BEGINS

Germany invades Poland, inciting Poland’s allies Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
September 17, 1939
SOVIET UNION INVADES POLAND

Working in concert with Hitler, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin orders the invasion of Poland, securing a share of Polish territory.
September 27, 1939
WARSAW CAPTURED

Warsaw surrenders to German troops. Poland holds out for another 9 days before capitulating.
December 13, 1939
UK WINS WAR’S FIRST SEA BATTLE

British cruisers defeat a German pocket battleship at the Battle of the River Plate, the first major naval engagement of World War II.
April 8, 1940
NORWAY INVADED

Germany invades Norway, ending a 6-month period of limited land operations called the “Phony War.”
May 10, 1940
CHURCHILL BECOMES PRIME MINISTER

Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister. The same day, Germany invades Belgium.
May 26-June 4, 1940
MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

The trapped British army evacuates to England from Dunkirk, France, surviving to fight another day.
June 14, 1940
PARIS FALLS TO NAZIS

Paris falls to German forces. France capitulates 11 days later.
July 10-October 31, 1940
BRITAIN FIGHTS FOR ITS LIFE

The Battle of Britain pits German bombers against British fighters in a thwarted German prelude to invasion.
December 7, 1941
U.S. PLUNGED INTO WAR

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, starting a war with the US. Sensing weakness, Hitler declares war on America 4 days later.
June 4, 1942
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY

USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back.
Oct 23, 1942
BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN

Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment followed by an armoured attack. He then proceeded to chase the routed enemy some 1500 miles across the desert.
Nov, 1942
BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad.
May 12 1943
AXIS SURRENDER NORTH AFRICA

The British and American forces managed to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa.
September 3, 1943
ITALY SURRENDERS

Italy surrenders to the Allies, however, Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.
June 6, 1944
D-DAY

Allied forces invade France from Normandy and push back the Germans.
Aug 25, 1944
PARIS LIBERATED

The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans.
December 16, 1944
BATTLE OF BULGE

The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.
February 19, 1945
INVASION OF IWO JIMA

US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island.
March, 1945
ALLIES CROSS THE RHINE

The Allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the East.
April 12, 1945
DEATH OF ROOSEVELT

President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman.
April 30, 1945
HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE

The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress, Eva Braun, who he had, at the last minute, made his wife.
May 7, 1945
GERMANY SURRENDERS

Germany surrenders to the Allies.
Aug 6, 1945
ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA

The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
Aug 8, 1945
RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN

Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria.
Aug 9, 1945
ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI

The US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki as the Japanese had not surrendered following Hiroshima.
Sept 2, 1945
JAPANESE SURRENDER

The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies. US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan’s surrender thus formally ending the second world war.
More than 75 million people died in World War II, including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians, many of whom died because of deliberate genocide, massacres, mass-bombings, disease, and starvation.

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Architecture in India was an extremely rich form of expression and highly developed science, with a deep heritage of spirituality in it. #FreeHinduTemple


The centre of all architectural development was the temple and temple or Mandir was the earthly home of God, and like the launching pad for the devotee’s consciousness to soar toward the Divine and the spiritual world.


The murti or deity of the Divine would be placed in the temple sanctum, around which all temple activity would revolve.

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First there is the problem of the date. The inventory with a reference to 'two Moors in one painting' was drawn up in 1656 in what is now the @Rembrandthuis; however, the painting that hangs in the @Mauritshuis bears not only Rembrandt’s signature but also the year 1661.


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Anton Drexler started the German Worker's Party or DAP, in 1918

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