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Hitler rises to power
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of national Socialist Party -
Germany Admitted into League of Nations
Germany applied to join the organization, showing they reformed -
Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States
32nd President -
Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party
outlawed the formation of any other parties -
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription -
Nazis take Czechoslovakia
northern and western border regions, the Sudetenland -
Invasion of Poland
Beginning of WWII -
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
responded to Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland by declaring war -
Soviets invaded Poland
sixteen days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west, the Soviet Union did so from the east -
Nazis invade Denmark and Norway
German warships enter major Norwegian ports deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities. -
Battle of Britain begins
the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor Hawaii -
United States declares war on Japan
Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked for a Declaration of War with Japan -
Hitler declares war on the United States
bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict -
First American forces arrive in Great Britain
The American servicemen were stationed from Scotland to Cornwall (and all parts between) -
First all-American air attack in Europe
The USAAF began building up its air forces in Europe using B-17Es soon after entering the war -
Normandy Landings (D-Day)
the start of the campaign which ended World War II in Europe -
Victory in Europe (V Day)
Nazi Germany's surrender of it's armed forces -
Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government
the division of Allied-occupied Germany into four occupation zones according to the Yalta Conference. -
Japan Surrenders
Surrenders to the Allies, endind WWII
