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German Anschluss with Austria
Hitler went ahead with his plans to unify all German-speaking people. He annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to attempt a settlement before war started. -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetanland of Czechoslovakia. The Czechs were not treated fair at the meeting and they found out that no country would come to their aid were forced to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. Hitler assured people at the meeting that this was the extent of his ideas for expansion. Chamberlain returned to England with a piece of paper signed by Hitler -
Chamberlain resigns
Neville Chamberlain resigned after pressure from Labour members for a more prosecution of the war and Winston Churchill became the new head of the wartime government. Chamberlain gave Churchill alot of support. Ernest Bevin was made minister of labour and recruited workers for the factories and stepped up coal production. Lord Beaverbrook, minister of Aircraft Production increased production of fighter aircraft. -
Franklin D Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States signs an act to give aid to allies during WWII. This includes supplies, aircrafts, ships, and many other things. -
U-boat
The first US combat action against Germany occurs -this being the USS Niblack destroyer firing on a marauding German U-boat violating the US security zone. -
Hitler
Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia. The Russians were taken by surprise as they had signed a treaty with Germany in 1939. Stalin immediately signed a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and launched an Eastern front battle that would claim 20 million livesThe USA had been supplying guns to Britain under a Lend-Lease agreement offered similar aid to USSR. -
Bomb of Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attack the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor. its located near Honolulu, Hawaii, the Japanse barrage destroyed 20 American ships, nearly 200 airplanes, and 2000 soldiers. 1000 additional soldiers were injured in the attack. This caused the United States to declare war on Japan. -
Declares war on Japan
The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation. -
Battle Of Midway
Following the attack on Peal Harbor Japanese armies came over Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and the East Indies. The war in the Pacific was on land, at sea, and in the air. The turning point in the war in the Pacific came in June, 1942 at the Battle of Midway. In a four day battle fought between aircraft based on giant aircraft carriers, the U.S. destroyed hundreds of Japanese planes and regained control of the Pacific. The Japanese continued to fight on, however, even after the war -
Churchill loses election
Winston Churchill lost the election to Clement Atlee's Labour Party. The Labour party promised sweeping social reforms including nationalisation of the coal and railways and the creation of a welfare. The Labour party gained 393 seats to the Conservatives 213. It was generally accepted that the landslide victory for Labour was due to the men and women of the armed services who did not want to resume civilian life under the conditions that they had before they entered service. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II. It marked the turning point of the war when russian forces push them back. It is most known for both sides no care for civilians and brutal warfare. -
Sides
World War II, or the Second World War was a war fought on almost every continent on the world. There was fighting between two groups: the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The war was fought as a total war meaning all or most citizens of the countries were involved in the war effort, both civilians and also all resources a country had were poured into the war. -
US Troops land
US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in French North Africa with u-boats. The failure of the Vichy French troops to defend against the invasion -
Engage
British paratroops engage German troops in Tunisia, while the first clashes occur between the newly landed U.S. and German forces. -
D-Day
The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were not able to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. For the allies it was essential to first capture a port.
