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Condor Legion aids General Franco in Spanish Civil War |
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| 1st September Germany invades Poland: Outbreak of Second World War |
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| The British Expeditionary Force escape from Dunkirk in late May |
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Hitler cancels Operation Sealion after Battle of Britain |
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Operation Barbarossa Germany invades Soviet Union |
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The RAF mistake Fw190s for captured P-36 Mohawks |
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its the Me210! |
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USAAF's Eighth Air Force begin daylight bombing raids over Europe |
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its the Me410 |
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| The Luftwaffe gets the bomber its been waiting for... |
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1944 |
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The one and only rocket propelled fighter of the war |
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| 1st January Luftwaffe lose 277 planes attacking allied airfields |
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The ultimate prop fighter |
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| 8th May German armed forces surrender unconditionally |
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