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WWII
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Nazis take Czechoslovakia.
Nazi Forces poured into Czechoslovakia, over taking them for their resources. -
Nazis invade Poland.
Nazis used both land and air to regain land from poland and ultimately take them over. -
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
Two days after Germany invaded poland, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. -
Soviets invade Poland.
Soviets(one of germany's allies) invade poland giving poland no chance of survival. -
Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland.
Since both countries helped defeat poland, they agreed to divide the land up. -
Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.
Nazis invade norway even with norway having help from britain, denmark surrendered immediately knowing they could not defeat Germany. -
Mass murder by gassing begins in murder camps.
Hitler starts murdering undesirables, he sees jews and the disabled as undesirable. -
U.S freezes japan's assets.
Japan being a german ally was a threat to the U.S, therefore, the U.S froze their assets. -
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
This was a surprise attack on pearl harbor, within seven hours of the attack other territories like Philippines, Guam, Wake Island the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. -
United States and Britain declare war on Japan.
Due to attacks on Britain and the U.S both countries declared war on Japan. -
Hitler declares war on the United States.
Since the United States declared war on japan, germany's ally, germany declared war on the U.S. -
Germans surrender at Stalingrad.
The german army is forced to retreat at stalingrad this being hitler's first major loss -
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.
Soviet troops after liberating warsaw and krakow, liberated auschwitz, there were over 7,000 survivors. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
Hitler did not want to deal with the repercussions of the war.He knew germany had already lost the war. Hitler and his wife killed themselves at the same time. -
German troops in Italy surrender
German troops were surrounded in italy they were forced to surrender, this being the last of germany's WWII battles. -
Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies.
Germany as a country surrenders. Their fate to be decided by other countries. -
Potsdam Conference begins.
The three countries who are to decide the war repercussions of Germany meet. -
Two atomic bombs are dropped on Japan.
The first was on hiroshima and the second was on nagasaki. Both in total causing over 200,000 deaths. -
Nuremberg war crimes trials begin.
Germany and japan committed many war crimes. These trials decided who deserved to be punished.
