World War II

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The Second World War
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607 Moments
1940
Hitler plans invasion of Denmark and Norway
Falkenhorst commands invasion of Norway
British destroyer HMS Cossack rescues POWs
Soviet Army Captures Key Finnish Defense Point
USSR agrees to supply grain to Germany
Removal of German Armour Corps Commander
1939
Goebbels reviews events of 1939
HMS Barham damaged by German U-30
Captain Hans Langsdorff commits suicide
Admiral Graf Spee's Forced Departure from Uruguay
Soviet Army Assaults Taipale in Finland
Battle of the River Plate
Admiral Graf Spee anchors in Montevideo
HMS Duchess sinks after collision
French Premier declines Hitler's peace offer
Finnish Army inflicts defeats on Russians
Russian attacks on Mannerheim line
HMS Nelson incapacitated by magnetic mine
Russia continues war against Finland
USSR breaks off diplomatic relations with Finland
Germany and Slovakia sign border treaty