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Italy enters war
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I on the side of the Allies—Britain, France and Russia.
Info:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-declares-war-on-austria-hungary
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was chosen as Chancellor of Germany. On 1933, Germany saw the rise of the Nazi coming. Info & Photo: http://www.historyinanhour.com/2010/01/30/hitler-becomes-chancellor/ -
Axis Powers break Non-Aggression Pact
USSR and Germany signed a contract that they would not be allies or enemies. All they have to do is not fight with each other and don't help others while fighting that specific country.
Photo and Info:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact -
Germany invades poland
On 1939, Germany invades poland. Germans bombed Polish Airfields and they entered with their U-boats and warships. Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland
Photo: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/06/world-war-ii-the-invasion-of-poland-and-the-winter-war/100094/ -
Winston invades Poland- WWII begins
Hitler starts attacking western countries and he started sending his army forces into Belgium and Poland.
Info:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland
Photo:http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/06/did-winston-churchill-start-world-war-ii.html -
Battle of Britain
in 1940, the germans attacked the coasts of Britain. then after figuring out that Britain had a strong air force, they started bombing Britains' airfields.
Info & Photo:http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_britain.php -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attacked American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Photo: https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack -
Baatan Death March
prisoners were force-marched north to San Fernando and then taken by rail in cramped and unsanitary boxcars farther north to Capas
Info and photo:https://www.britannica.com/event/Bataan-Death-March -
Battle of Coral Sea
US defended air and naval vs the Japanese in papa new guineu.
Info; https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Coral-Sea
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Battle of Midway
Japanese planes began bombing Midway ; successive counterattacks by American torpedo planes and bombers were launched. The four Japanese carriers were bombed and sunk later on ; the Navy carrier USS Yorktown is seriously damaged but does not go down.
info and photo;https://www.navy.com/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
Successful soviet union defend Stalingrad in ww2. One of the greatest battles because they stopped the German from entering the USSR.
Info and Photo: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad -
Italy surrenders to Allies
Italy surrendered during WW1 due to the downfall of Mussolini.
Info and Photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/8/newsid_3612000/3612037.stm -
D-Day
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.
Info and photo: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
1st Liberation of Concentration camps
Entered Auschwitz and there they found lots of sick and exhausted prisoners. The Germans were forced to leave these prisoners behind in their hasty retreat from the camp.
Info and Photo:https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724 -
Battle of Bulge
largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during World War II; it is also the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army.
Info and photo: http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bulge -
Liberation of Paris
Jacques Leclerc enters the free French capital triumphantly. German intransigence remained, but Paris was free from German control
Info:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/liberation-of-paris
photo:http://www.apimages.com/Collection/Landing/Liberation-of-Paris-1944/30a30c0b93ca4c8d9bf9f737bb7eb596 -
Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S. Marines stormed the beaches U.S.
Info:http://www.history.com/news/the-battle-of-iwo-jima-begins-70-years-ago
Photo:https://forum.callofwar.com/index.php?thread/5007-where-is-iwo-jima/ -
Death of FDR
FDR died in 1945 after WW1, he died while taking a portrait.
He died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Info: https://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/death-of-the-president
Photo: https://www.emaze.com/@AICIQCII/Franklin-D.-Roosevelt -
Hitler's Death
Hitler died because he committed suicide using a gun.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
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Germany Surrenders
Germany surrenders which brings an ending to WW2. General Alfred Jodl, signed the surrender.
Photo and Info: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/germany-surrenders-allies-date-nazis-wwii_n_3230901.html -
Atomic Bomb #1
USA is the first country to use an Atomic bomb in a war and it drops it on Hiroshima, Japan. End of WW2!
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima
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Atomic Bomb 2
Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan-3 days after Bomb 1 has been dropped. Japan was basically forced to surrender due to it's country's destruction.
Photo and info: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb525-The-Atomic-Bomb-and-the-End-of-World-War-II/ -
Japan Surrenders
Japan formally surrenders and that ended WW2. Japan had to surrenders due to it's country's state and because the whole army forces were destroyed and finally because America started to invade and capture some of Japan's Islands.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
Photo: http://historybuff.com/wwii-total-misrepresentation-japans-surrender-xb70DNvzDZWk
