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British Empire Declares War on Axis Powers - September 3, 1939[[image:declared.jpg width="131" height="195" align="right"]]
After delivering an ultimatum to Germany instructing them to cease the invasion of Poland in hopes of stopping their treaty-breaking advances, and they are ignored. This results with Britain, Australia, India, and New Zealand declaring war on the invading country. Soon, several other countries will declare either their alliance to the Allies, the Axis, or their neutrality.

This event is debatably the start of World War II, and ends up affecting multiple countries depending on the side with which they declare their alliance. Several neutral countries, for example, end up getting invaded and their governments evacuated to countries such as Britain to formally declare war on the invading parties.

//Citation:// //"Invasion of Poland." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. .//

[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view.jpg width="222" height="156" align="left"]]Pearl Harbor is Attacked - December 7, 1941
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor shortly after the US Ambassador to Japan sends a cable warning of a potential attack and is ignored. This is a major turning point in the war thanks to the fact that Japan has just brought the United States into the war, a powerful and dangerous power to contend with. The US subsequently declares war on the Axis powers, and US forces mobilize for war.

This event changed the goals of both the United States and the Axis powers, forcing both the United States to deal with a previously mostly harmless enemy, and the Axis powers to begin preparing their defenses against both the fresh American troops and the American technology that will no doubt be used in fighting the Axis. The United States eventually deploys their nuclear weapons, Little Boy and Fat Man, ending the war against Japan, the only Axis power that had not yet surrendered. //Citation:// //"Attack on Pearl Harbor." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. .//

** D-Day - June 6 1944 **** A heavily armed, well-planned attack lands on the shores of Normandy, France. **
The Allies end up winning, but only after enormous casualties. This attack was necessary to push the Germans back and force them into the defensive, after years of them winning the war. The invasions started with paratroopers landing in France at around midnight, followed by an amphibious tank invasion force.

This event was a huge game-changer in the second world war, because, as stated above, it began liberating occupied France and also began pushing back the German belligerents. Germany slowly begins losing territory that it had captured and eventually realizes that it is completely surrounded and is fighting a multi-front war. This also changed the objective of the Germans, putting them on a defensive strategy after having won battle after battle consecutively for years.

//Citation:// //"Normandy Landings." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. .//