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Treaty of Munich
Hitler and other European leader meet in Munich and agree that Hitler should take Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia -
Russia and Germany sign Non-aggression pact
Hitler and Stalin both signed a pact that also included secret info about the invasion and division of Poland -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland, officially starting World War 2 -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
The two countries declare war on Hitler and his army -
Battle of Britain
Hitler launched an attack on Britain, which consisted mostly of bombing attacks on cities, which destroyed British morale -
Hitler launches the Blitzkrieg attack
Hitler launched his Blitzkrieg (lightning war) against Holland and Belgium, and both countries became occupied. -
Italy enters the war
Italy entered the war, fighting for the axis powers -
Germany attacks Russia
Hitler betrayed the pact that he had signed with Stalin and sent troops and tanks into Russian territory, which took them buy surprise. -
Japan attacks Pear Harbor
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor as a preliminary action before taking other European owned Southeast Asian countries. The US and Britain subsequently declared war on Japan the next day -
Battle of El Alamein
British general Bernard Law Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa, leading a 1500 chase across the desert. -
Axis powers surrender North Africa
British and American troops landed in Africa, took control of French Morocco and Algeria, and gradually closed in on the Germans, eventually defeating the Axis powers in North Africa. -
Italy surrenders
With the Allies having taken Sicily one month earlier, Prime minister of Italy Benito Mussolini was kicked out of office, and the new government of Italy surrendered. -
Allies plan attack on Germany
The Allied leaders met in Tehran to discuss plans to invade Germany as well as post war plans -
D-Day
The allied forces launched their invasion of western France, sending thousands of troops onto the beaches of Normandy to establish a beachfront. -
Paris is liberated
The allies reached the capital of France, liberating the country from the Axis powers -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany launched it's last defense against the Allies in Belgium, but were ultimately pushed back by allied forces -
Allies cross the Rhine
Allied forces crossed the Rhine, with Russian forces pushing in from the east, closing Germany into a hole -
Hitler commits suicide
In his bomb proof shelter, Adolf Hitler, along with his wife Ava Braun commit suicide -
German forces surrender
with the death of their leader, German forces were forced to surrender to Allied troops -
Atomic bombs dropped on Japan
After refusing to surrender, the United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Japan surrenders
The Japanese surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War 2
