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Japan invades
Japan invades Manchuria. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
He used this position to his advantage. Being this high up gave him a better opportunity to become the dictator. -
Mussolini Invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. Mussolini followed this policy when he invaded Ethiopia the African country situated on the horn of Africa. -
Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Act of 1937 was passed in May and included the provisions of the earlier acts, this time without expiration date, and extended them to cover civil wars as well. -
Japan defeats China
It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 in which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle. -
Roosevelt limits ships to Asia
Forbids us from carrying arms to China or Japan. -
France and GB
France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state. -
Hitler invaded Poland
Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later. -
Poland gets invaded
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east. -
British scored victory
In Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans. -
Italy enters the war
Italy invades southern France on June 21. -
Italians invade
The Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya. -
The Tripartite Pact is signed
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. -
Pearl Harbor bombed
360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault -
Soviet troops take on a role
Soviet troops liberate Kiev. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Yalta Conference
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Victory in Europe
This day was used to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Bombs first used
The United States first used an atomic bomb in war -
Russia enters
Russia enters war against Japan -
A bomb is dropped by the US
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. -
Bombs are dropped
After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders -
Japan surrenders
Japanese surrenders, ending WW2 -
Japan surrendered formally
This took place after Japan's surrendered in the Potsdam Declaration -
A speech is given
Winston Churchill delivers ¨Iron Caption¨ speech -
Truman Docterine
Truman announced his Truman Doctrine -
Marshall Plan is annouced
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Communists takeover in Czechoslovakia
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Blockade begins
Berlin blockade
