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Japan invades China
This event backilly instigated world war II in asia -
Munich agreement is signed
Germany, Itally, Great Britten and France sign this agreement that essentially gives essentiall Czocholovak Republic terretory to Nazi germany -
Invsaion of Poland
Germany invades Poland. The start of world war II in Europe -
Great Britian and France declare war on Germany
They did this because of the agreement that polands borders would be honored which Germany broke -
Soviet Union invades Poland
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Poland Surrenders
Poland is then partitioned by Germant and Russia -
Soviet union expelled from League of Nation
Because of its agression against Finland -
Germeny invades Denmark and Norwat
Denmark imediatly surenders but Norway fights untill June 9th -
Battle of France
The begining of a battle also known as the Fall of France. This battle was the succesfull invasion of France by Germany. -
Germany marches into Paris
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Italy joins war
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Battle of Britian
An air battle that lasted from july 10, 1940-October 31, 1940 whcih resulted in a defeat for the Nazis -
London Blitz
Starts as Germany attempting to weaken britens resolve, bombs british capitol -
Selective Service Act
Passed by the U.S Congress and caled for the first peacetime draft in American history. (Every man 5ft tall, weigh 105 pounds, has correctable vision and at least half their teeth) -
Tripartite Pact
Made by Germany, Italy and Japan and recognized thier right to establish a new order in Europe and Asia -
Italians invade Greece
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Initiation of "Winter War"
Soviet Union invades Fineland -
Lend-Lease act
Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and it provided aid to Great Britten -
Japan and Russia sign a neutrality pact
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"Barbarossa" plan unleashed
A German plan that involved invading Soviet Union without declaring war. This means that Germany is now fighting a two front war. -
Germany and Italy declare the end of the Yugolav nation
a few days latter Germany invades Italy -
Pearl Harbor
At 7:55 AM on a Sunday, hundreds of Japanese warplanes, launched from aircraft carriers far out at sea, attack the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, based on a plan by Isoroku Yamamoto -
U.S Declares War on Japan
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Germany and Itally Declare war on U.S
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Battle of The Atlantic
lasted for more than just this day. It was a fight to controll the seas between the allies (mainly U.S) and Germany. -
Final Solution
Established in the Wannsee Conference in Germany. Involved the extermination of 11 million jews. -
Executive order 9066
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066. Its neutral tone authorizes the War Department to designate "military areas" and then exclude anyone from them whom it felt to be a danger. -
Baatan Falls (start of Bataan Death March)
It is the largest surrender by the U.S. Army — 78,000 American and Filipino troops. What followed would be remembered as the Bataan Death March. -
The Battle of the Coral Sea
The first air-naval battle in history prevents the Japanese from landing a large invasion force at Port Moresby and signals America's move from a purely defensive strategy in the Pacific to a mixed defensive-offensive one. -
Battle of Midway
he first defeat of the Japanese navy in 350 years is the turning point in the Pacific as the U.S. goes on the offensive. The Japanese had hoped to smash what was left of the Pacific fleet, take Hawaii, hold its people hostage and force the United States to sue for peace. But American cryptographers had deciphered their plans and the Navy was waiting for them. -
First attack on the U.S mainland
A Japanese submarine shells the military depot at Fort Stevens, Oregon -
Americans land on Guadalcanal
American land forces go on the offensive for the first time in the Pacific, landing on Guadalcanal. It would take six months to secure the island, but Japanese expansion is halted. -
Stalingrad
The Russians launch a major counter-offensive at Stalingrad. It would end with the annihilation of the German 6th Army. -
Casablanca Conference
At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announce that only an unconditional surrender will be accepted from the Axis Powers. -
End of Stalingrad
(lasted from 23 augest 1942- 2 of february 1943) German Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad. The war in the East has turned. -
Battle of the Bismarck Sea
fought for control of New Guinea. The decisive American victory forces the Japanese to re-enforce its troops by submarine — a defensive strategy employed to prevent the continued loss of transports and warships. The battle removes a threat to General Douglas MacArthur's invasion plans. -
The Axis powers surrender in Tunisia
North Africa is now under Allied control. -
Battle of the Philippine Sea
As American carrier planes score over 270 kills at a loss of 29, and American submarines claim two carriers, the one-sided affair is forever known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot." -
Battle of Kursk
won by the soviets, It is the largest tank battle in history. The German Luftwaffe also loses the air war and dominion of Russian skies for the first time. -
Allies bomb Rome
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Mussolini is arrested
The Fascist Grand Council passes a vote of no confidence in Benito Mussolini. He is arrested. Martial law is declared in Italy the next day. -
Paris is liberated
After four years of Nazi occupation, Paris, the City of Light, is liberated. -
Italy accepts Allied surrender terms
German troops move to take control of the country. -
Italy declares war on Germany
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Battle of Berlin begins
Bombing of the German capital will continue until March 24, 1944. -
D-day
The greatest invasion in history begins just after midnight as the first of 24,000 paratroopers -- flown over the Channel in more than 1,000 aircraft -- are dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy. More than 5,300 ships, carrying 176,000 men are streaming across the Channel. Allied commanders plan five coordinated landings along a 45-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline between the Cotentin Peninsula and the Orne River for Operation Overlord. It will be the bloodiest day in American history sin -
Eisenhower is given command of the combined allied forces in Europe
General Dwight Eisenhower is given command of the combined Allied forces in Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge begins
Thousands of guns open up. Shells fall on and around the American positions for an hour. A few moments later, the enemy emerges out of the dense fog that shrouds the forest. Twenty German infantry divisions move forward along a 50-mile front — a quarter of a million men. Behind them roar 600 tanks. Surrounded by the enemy, cut off from one another, out of ammunition and unable to fight back, others are forced to surrender — more than 10,000 men. -
Russians enter Berlin
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Germany surrenders
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Postdam Conference
At the Potsdam Conference, the Big Three — U.S. President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin — decide the fate of Europe and that Japan must submit to unconditional surrender or face "utter destruction." -
Japan rejects sthe Postdam ultimatum
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Bombing of Hiroshima
Developed to drop on the Germans, the first atomic bomb tumbles through the bomb-bay doors of the Enola Gay. Forty-three seconds later, six miles below but still high above the city of Hiroshima, it detonates. With a single bomb, 40,000 men, women and children are obliterated in an instant. One hundred thousand more die within days of burns and radiation. Another hundred thousand would succumb to radiation poisoning over the next five years. Despite the devastation, the Japanese still would not -
Soviet Union declares war on Japan
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Bombing of Nagasaki
A second atomic bomb drops, this time on Nagasaki. Some 40,000 more civilians die instantly. In Tokyo, the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War remains split between those still determined to fight on and those willing finally to give up. That evening all six members of the Council call upon the Emperor, who breaks the deadlock. -
Japan request conditional surrender terms but is denied
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Japan accepts unconditional surrender terms
