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Nazi invasion of Poland
Hitler had previously signed a nonagression act with Poland. Germans didn't like this but hitler only did it so that France would not join with Poland, and he didn't plan on keeping the peace. On september 1st, 1939 Germany invaded Poland and the Polish army was defeated in weeks. Therefor Britain and France then declared war on Germany -
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
France and Britain issued a warning to Germany demanding the immediate withdrawal of the German forces from Poland. When Hitler accused Britain of encouraging the Poles to pursue a policy of provocation, Britain, France, India, Australia, and New Zealand declared war on Germany. -
United States proclaims its neutrality
American were very hesitant to involve themselves in another distant war. passed Nuetrality Act. -
Nazis invade Denmark and Norway
Norway was largely unprepared for the German military invasion when it came -
Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
invaded the low lands -
Italy declares war on Britain and France
after withholding formal allegiance to either side in the battle between Germany and the Allies, Benito Mussolini declares war on France and Great Britain. -
Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan
the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. -
nazis force Jews to wear yellow stars
to tell who the jews were in Gernany -
Japanese bomb pearl Harbor
The Japanese were expecting their results of the attack cripple the U. S. Pacific Fleet -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
Warned by officers that the Russians were only a day or so from overtaking the chancellery and urged to escape to Berchtesgarden,the dictator instead chose suicide -
Bombing of Hiroshima
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan,
