| EVENT | MISSING WORD | DATE |
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| German troops invade __ , Britain and France declare war on Germany 2 days later | |
| The Soviet Union invades __ , suffering over 300 000 casualties | |
| Winston Churchill replaces Neville __ as Britain's Prime Minister | |
| The desperate evacuation of over 300 000 Allied troops from the beaches of __ begins | |
| Hitler triumphantly tours __ , the recently defeated capital of a major European power | |
| The Battle of __ begins, culminating in a decisive RAF victory over the Luftwaffe several months later | |
| The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and __ | |
| General __ , 'The Desert Fox' and commander of the Afrika Korps, arrives in Tripoli | |
| The British capture of U-110 gives them access to the invaluable '__ Machine' which allows them to decipher German codes | |
| After a long pursuit, The __ , a massive German battleship, is sunk with a loss of over 2000 lives | |
| Named after a medieval German ruler, Operation __ begins as Germany attacks the Soviet Union with 3.5 million men, 3350 tanks and 1945 aircraft | |
| Germany begins the 872 day long Siege of __ , a Soviet city currently known as St. Petersburg | |
| 'A date that will live in infamy' as Japan launches a sneak attack on the American fleet at __ Harbor | |
| SS Leader Heydrich holds the Wannsee Conference to coordinate the 'Final Solution of the __ Question' | |
| 78 000 US and Filipino troops begin the 65 mile '__ Death March' | |
| | EVENT | MISSING WORD | DATE |
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| The Battle of __ begins, resulting in the loss of 4 Japanese aircraft carriers in a decisive American victory | |
| Germany begins its attack of the Soviet city of __ , which becomes one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare with 2 million combined casualties | |
| US and British airborne divisions make the first landings on the island of __ and meet fierce resistance from Italian and German troops | |
| General __ becomes Supreme Allied Commander | |
| D-Day, 156 000 British, American and Canadian troops land at 5 beaches in Normandy: Omaha, Utah, Gold, Sword and __ | |
| Germany launches the first __ rocket attacks, 3000 were used on London and Antwerp | |
| A major German counter-offensive from the Ardennes breaks the American lines in The Battle of the __ | |
| The Soviets liberate __ , the infamous concentration camp that was the site of 2 million murders | |
| A photograph captures the iconic image of the American flag being raised on __ __ (2 words) | |
| Italian partisans capture and kill __ , his body is hung from a lamppost in Milan the next day | |
| As the Soviets close in, __ commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin, his corpse is immediately incinerated | |
| The United States drops an atomic bomb on __ , Japan, followed 3 days later by a second bomb on Nagasaki, 150 000 - 250 000 people are killed | |
| Japan formally surrenders aboard the American battleship USS __ | |
| War crimes trials for several prominent Nazi members begin in __ , Germany | |
| The Russians liberated Maidanek on July 24th, 1944 | |
| The Americans liberated Ohrdruf on April 4th, 1945 | |
| Buchenwald was liberated by the Allies on April 10th, 1945 | |
| British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen on April 15th, 1945, freeing approximately 40 000 prisoners | |
| The Americans liberated Dachau on May 5th, 1945 | |
| Mauthausen was liberated on May 5th, 1945 | |
| Yes, the it was originally known as the A-4, but it was changed to V-2 for 'vergeltungswaffe 2', meaning retaliation or vengeance | |
| The V-1 was first launched offensively on June 12th, 1943 | |
| The massive evacuation was from France - but I need to know the city | |
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