2. Wwii is on of lots of man made disasters among house fires, train crashes, explosions, and airplane crashes.
3. Timeline of 1939-19401 Sept 1939 - Germany invaded Poland 3 Sept - Britain, Australia, New Zealand and France declare war on Germany Sept 4, 1939 - Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy Sept 5, 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality Sept 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany Jan 8, 1940 - Rationing begins in UK Mar 16, 1940 - Scapa Flow - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland April 9, 1940 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands June 3, 1940 - British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk
4. Mar 16, 1940 - Scapa Flow - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland April 9, 1940 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands June 3, 1940 - British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk June 10, 1940 - Italy declares war on Britain and France June 22, 1940 - France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler tours Paris June 3, 1940 - Dunkirk: Following the fall of France the survivors of the British Expeditionary Force and other allied forces were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo July 1, 1940 - German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic July 10, 1940 - The Battle of Britain begins
5. August 23, 1940 - First German air raids on London August 25, 1940 - First British air raid on Berlin September 7, 1940 - German Blitz (Blitzkrieg) against Britain begins - London is a key target. Onslaught of German air raids on other major cities in England including Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester September 13, 1940 - Italy invades Egypt September 15, 1940 - Victory for the RAF in the Battle of Britain September 27, 1940 - Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan October 7, 1940 - Germany invades Romania October 28, 1940 - Italy invades Greece and Albania November 20, 1940 - Hungary joins the Axis November 23, 1940 - Romania joins the Axis December 9,1940 - Britain begin a desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians Air raids continue on London
7. Facts1.ww2 went from 1939 to 19452.Nearly 62 million people died during and leading up to the conflict3. The Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs, averaging of about 27,700 tons of bombs each month.
