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Appeasements in the air
France, Britain and Germany met in Munich. Britain and France gave Sudentenland to Germany with a promise that Hitler would stop his expansionalism. Hitler took over the rest of Czechoslovakia a year later. -
Blitz krieg of Poland
Germany launches a brutal and offensive attack on Poland; Poland was defeated soon after. -
France Surrenders
France surrenders to Germany which leads to France being occupied by German soldiers.
The National assembly votes Marshal Philippe Pétain in as president. He and his associates help Germany capture people during the Holocaust. -
Air Strikes on Britain
The Luftwaffe (Germany's air force) fight versus the Royal Air Force (Britain's air force) -
German invasion of Russia
While breaking the Non-Agression Pact with Russia, this invasion also caused capitalist and communist countries to become allies. Now Germany would have to fight this strong force. -
Pearl Harbor Bombings
Japan launches a suprise bomb attack on a U.S naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They do not successfully destroy all the fleets so the U.S declares war on Japan. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Allied forces defeat the Japenese, which effectively stopped the Japanese's advances in the Pacific area. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The German army slowly froze to death while fighting the most bloody battle in history. Germany eventually surrendered. -
Tehran Conference
A conference between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill when they agreed to:
Launch a attack on France (D Day)
Partition Germany after the war -
D Day
American, British and Canadian troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France after crossing the English Channel. They lose a lot of troops but the invasion was successful. -
Yalta Conference
Stalin wanted buffer countries, but FDR wanted the people to have self-determination. -
United Nations Forms
The U.S agreed this time.
Goal was to keep peace and promote cooperation between countries. -
Germany surrenders
This is after Hitler has killed himself. Germany surrendered unconditionally. -
Atomic bombs
First bomb dropped in Hiroshima; 75,000 were killed, but Japan did not surrender.
Second dropped on August 9; it dropped in Hiroshima. -
V-J (Victory-over-Japan Day
Japan surrenders and World War 2 finally ends!
