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Treaty of munich
they all agreed that Hitler should; have the student land. the Czechs were forced to surrender. Hitler said that this was his extent. Chamberlain returned to England w a piece of paper signed by Hitler sating "peace in our time" -
german Anschluss with Austria
Hitler annexed Austria and then demanded the liberation of German people . Chamberlain flew to Germany to attempt a settlement before war broke out -
Britian rearms and reassures poland
Britain had begun rearming and a highly secret radar early warning system was installed along the east coast. conscription was introduced and assurances were given to Poland, who was being threatened by the Fuhrer -
Russsia and Germany sign pact.
Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact which included secret clauses for the division of Poland -
Hitler invades Czech
he occupied the country despite what he said -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invaded Poland -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
chamberlin broadcasted the announcement -
Phoney war
the months following Britain's declaration of war are referred to as the phoney war because Britain saw no military action -
Battle of Britian
10 July - 31 October
hitler attacks them and by october 31 the raids ceased -
British rout italians in N Africa
Italian forces in N Africa vere routed by the British led by General Wavell -
Hiter invades denamrk and Norway
he did this to safeguard supply routes of swedish ore and to establish a Norwegian base from which to break the British naval blockade on Germany -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler launched his on Holland and Belgium. both countries were occupied -
italy enters war on side of axis powers
italy's motive was the hope of rich pickings from the spoils of war -
Chamberlian resigns
Churchill became the new head of the wartime government. Ernist Bevin was made minister of labour and stepped up coal production. Beaverbrook, minister of aircraft production increased production of fighter aircraft. -
france signs armstice with Germany
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Dunkirk (operation Dynamo)
British commander had been forced to retreat the coast at dunkirk a lot of men were rescued -
Tripartite pact
the pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
German marshall Erwin led the Axis powers back to N Africa -
Hitler attacks Russia - operation Barbarossa
he sent 3 millions soldiers. the Russians were taken by surprise. stalin immediatley signed a treaty with britain and luanched a battle that would launch 20 million casualties. the USA offered similar aid to the USSR -
pearl harbor
the Japanese attacked pearl Harbour -
Britain and US declare war on japan
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Battle of stalingrad
the Russians win their first victory against Germany -
Japanese take singapore
they captured them from the British taking some 60,000 prisoners -
Battle of Midway
USA defeated themJapanese at the battle of midway, then the Us navy was able to push the Japanese back -
allies in N Africa
churchill gave a handwritten directive and as soon as material had been built up, Alexander handed the campaign over to Montgomery -
Allies push into N africa
landed in the NW of africa and gained control of the Germans -
Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery attacked the German-italian army and then he proceeded to chase the routed enemy some 1500 miles across the desert -
Allies invade sicily
British and US Forces invade sicily -
allies take sicily
the allied troops won the island of sicily -
Axis surrender N Africa
the British and American forces defeated the axis powers in N Africa -
italy surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new Gov of italy surrendered to the British and USA. then they agreed to join the allies. The Germany took control of the italian army and freed him. this blocked any further allied advance through italy -
Leningrad relieved
the siege of Leningrad was lifted by the soviet army -
Rome liberated
Although Italy had surrendered in sep. it was only now that the allies were able to liberate Rome from the Germans -
Japanese evicted from Burma
British forces under General slim, with help from guerilla fighting evicted the Japanese -
battle of the Bulge
Germany launched its final defensive through the Arsennes region of Belgium. but they were beaten back by the allies -
D-day
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paris liberated
the french capitol of paris was liberated from the germans -
V2 Flying bombs
the first V2 flying bombs killed three people in london -
allies cross the rhine
teh allies crossed the rhine while the soviet froces were aprouching Berlin from the east -
death of Roosevelt
died and was succeeded by Truman -
Russians reach Berlin
they reached Berlin shortly before the US forces -
Mussolini captures and executed
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Hitler commits suicide
he does this in his shelter and with his mistress who he had the last minute made his wife -
German forces surrender
the forces in italy surrendered to the allies -
German forces surrender
surrender to montgomery. Hitler had before triec to make an agreement but it didnt work -
Donitz offers unconditional surrender
Hitlers succesor offered a unconditional surrender to the allies -
V.E. Day
victory in Europe was celebrated -
Churchill loses the election
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
the Japanese generals refused to surrender. the Us dropped an atomic bomb on the island -
Russia declares war on Japan
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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Japanese surrender
this ends WW2 -
MacArthur accepts Japan's surrender
Us General accepted the surrender and ended WW2