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German Anschluss with Austria
Hitler unified all German speaking people. Before the war broke out Chamberlain flew to Germany to attempt a settlement. -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France, Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed Hitler should have the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Despite the assurances Hitler had made in the treaty he occupied the country. -
Britain rearms and reassures Poland
Britain had become rearming a warning system along the east coast, assurances were given to Poland, who was being threatened by the Fuhrer. -
Russia and Germany sign pact
Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Chamberlain made the announcement that the country was at war. -
Phoney War
Britain saw no military action. -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler occupied Denmark and Norway to safeguard Swedish supply routes of ore and to break the naval blockade. -
Battle of Britain
Hitler sent his Luftwaffe bombers to attack British ports, September 7th he switched from daylight bombing to night time bombing due to the failure. -
British rout Italians in N. Africa
The British forces routes for the Italian forces in North Africa -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler released his "lightning war" against Holland and Belgium -
Chamberlain resigns
Chamberlain resigned after pressure from the labor members for a more active prosecution of the war. Churchill became the new head of the wartime coalition government. -
Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
British commander-in-chief, General Gort, had been forced o retreat to the coast at Dunkirk.More than 38,000 men were rescued. -
Italy enters war on side of axis powers
Italy entered the war on axis of powers and to get rich pickings of the war -
France signs armistice with Germany
The french signed an armistice with Germany taking France -
Tripartite pact
A mutual alliance was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
Italian and German forces attacked Yugoslavia, Greece, and the island Crete. -
Hitler attacks Russia (Operation Barbossa)
Hitler sent 3500 tanks and 3 million soldiers into Russia. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as a preliminary to taking British, French, and Dutch colonies -
Britain and the US declare war on Japan
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Japanese take Singapore
Japan to Singapore from the British and took 60,000 prisoners -
Battle of midway
The US defeated the Japanese Navy at the battle of Midway US pushed the Japanese back. -
Allies in north Africa
Churchhill gave a demand to general Alexander to be the destruction of the German and Italian army -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians won their first victory against Germany -
Allies pushing to north Africa
British and American forces closing in on the Germans by assuming control of Morocco and Algeria -
Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery attack the German Italian army in north Everett go with a message from bombardment followed by an armored attack -
Allies invade Sicily
British and US invaded Sicily -
Allies need at Tehran
Stallon Roosevelt and Churchhill meant to coordinate plans for simultaneous squeeze on Germany -
Axis surrender North Africa
British and American forces defeated the axis forces in North Africa -
Italy surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office Italy surrendered to the British in USA the Germans freed Mussolini from imprisonment -
Leningrad relieved
The seige of Leningrad was lifted by the Soviet army -
Rome liberated
Although Italy surrendered in September the allies were able to liberate room from the Germans -
Japanese evicted from Burma
British forces with help from Querilla fighting Chindits evicted to Japanese from Burma -
Battle of the bulge
Germany launch and final defense through the Ardennes of Belgium -
D Day
The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy western France -
Paris liberated
The French capital Paris was liberated from the Germans -
V2 flying bomb’s
Define bombs killed 3 million people in London -
Allies cross the Rhine
Allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the east -
Death of Roosevelt
Roosevelt died he was succeeded by President Truman -
Russians reach Berlin
Russians read Berlin before US forces -
Mussolini captured and executed
Italian partitions captured and executed Mussolini -
Hitler commit suicide
Hitler commit suicide Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter with his mistress Eva Braun who he made his wife last minute -
German forces surrender
German forces in Italy surrendered to the allies -
German forces surrender
German forces the northwest Germany Holland and Denmark surrender to Montgomery on Luneberg heath -
Donitz offers unconditional surrender
Hitler successor offered an unconditional surrender to the allies -
VE day
Victory in Europe was celebrated -
Churchill loses election
Churchill lost the election to atlees labor party which promise sweeping social reforms including nationalization -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Japanese generals refused to surrender the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
Russia declares war on Japan
Russia invaded Japanese ruled Manchuria -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
US dropped another bomb due to the Japanese not surrendering -
Japanese surrender
Japanese surrendered to the allies -
Mac Arthur except Japan surrender
US General Douglas MacArthur Accepted Japan’s surrender ending World War II
