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German Anschluss with Austria
Hitler annexes Germany and Austria, unifying all German speaking people in Europe. He also demanded that the Czech-Germans should be united. -
Treaty of Munich
Germany, Britain, Italy, and France meet and discuss a treaty. End result is Hitler's control of part of Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler goes against treaty and takes over all of Czechoslovakia -
Britain rearms and reassures Poland
Britain begins preparing for a possible war. Also sets up radar system. Gives assurance to Poland who was about to be taken over. -
Russia and Germnay Sign pact
Hitler and Russia sign non- aggression act which also includes the downfall and dividing of Poland between the two countries. -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declare war on Germany and Chamberlain broadcasts the announcement of war to the world -
Phoney War
time where Britain had no military action against Germany
Sept- May 1940 -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway giving them an escape from the British Naval Blockade -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler attacks Holland and Belgium and takes them over -
Chamerlain resigns
Chamberlain resigns after pressure to get more into the war. Winston Churchill takes over as leader. Lord Beaverbrook- Air force production. Ernest Bevin- Coal production -
Dunkirk
British troops surrounded on the coast at Dunkirk. All British ships head across the channel to save troops. 338,000 British troops and 140,000 French troops rescued -
Italy enters war in Axis side
Italy enters the war on the Axis power side in hopes of getting rich of off the victory. -
France signs armistice with Germany
The French sign treaty with Germany, taking them out of war and into the hands of Germany. -
Tripartite Pact
Alliance between Italy, Germany, and Japan -
Battle of Britain
Hitler uses the Luftwaffe to attack British ports. London was heavily bombed. Royal Air Force successfully defends Britain and attacks stop -
Britsih rout Italians in N Africa
General Wavell, of Britain, pushes Italy North -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
German and Italian troops attack Yugoslavia, Greece and the Island of Crete. German field Marshall Erwin Rommel led the Axis back into Africa. -
Hitler attacks Russia- operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia. This surprised the Russians who immediately signed a treaty with Great Britain and started the war on the Eastern Front which would lead to 20 million casualties. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Britain and US Declare war on Japan
Britain and the US declare war on Japan -
Japan takes Singapore
Japan takes Singapore from the British, taking 60,000 prisoners. -
Battle of Midway
US defeats Japanese navy at Midway. US pushes Japanese back. -
Allies in N Africa
General Alexander built of the African force and then gave it over to General Montgomery to attack the German- Italian army -
Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery attacked the German- Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment and attack that was successful. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad. -
Allies push into N Africa
British and American forces under General Dwight Eisenhower landed in the NW of Africa and assumed control of French Morocco and Algeria, closing in on the Germans. -
Axis surrender N Africa
British and American forces defeat the Axis in Africa. -
Allies invade Sicily
British and US forces invade Sicily. -
Allies take Sicily
Allies finally win over the Island of Sicily -
Italy surrenders
Mussolini gets kicked out of his own country. The New government surrenders to the Allies and then becomes part of the effort. Germany takes over Italian army and puts Mussolini in charge of northern Italy. -
Allies meet at Tehran
Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet and decide to squeeze Germany. Roosevelt sides with Stalin for a two front plan in France. -
Leningrad relieved
the siege of Leningrad was lifted by the Soviet army. -
Rome liberated
Allies finally liberate Rome from the Germans. -
D-Day
Giant Allied invasion of Normandy France. The Allies were successful and took over a port in France. -
Japanese evicted from Burma
British forces under General Slim evicted the Japanese from Burma. -
Paris liberated
The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans. -
V2 flying bomb
V2 bombs kill 3 people in London. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launch final attack in Belgium, but are beaten by the Allies. -
Allies cross the Rhine river
Allies cross the Rhine river while Soviets close in on Berlin from the east. -
Death of President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt dies and is succeeded by President Truman. -
Russians reach Berlin
Russia reaches Berlin before US forces. -
Mussolini captured and executed
Italy catches Mussolini and executes him. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler kills himself in a bombproof shelter with his brand new wife, Eva Braun. -
German forces surrender to the Allies
German forces surrender to the Allies in Italy. -
German forces surrender to the Allies
German forces surrender in North West Germany, Holland, and Denmark, to General Montgomery at Luneburg Heath. Admiral Donitz becomes ruler of Germany and tries to negotiate treaty with Britain and US, but still fight Russia. -
Donitz offers unconditional surrender
Admiral Donitz surrenders unconditionally to the Allies. -
V.E. Day
victory in Europe celebrated. -
Churchill loses election
Churchill loses election 393 to 213 to Clement Atlee's Labor Party. The victory was assumed because veterans did not want to come back to the same living conditions as before. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
after Japan refuses to surrender, the US dropped an Atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima. -
Russia declares war on Japan
Russia declares war on japan and takes over Japanese- controlled Manchuria -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
After Japan doesn't surrender to the first atomic bomb, a second is dropped on the Island of Nagasaki. -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionally surrender to the Allies ending the Second World War. -
MacArthur accepts Japan's surrender
US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan's surrender, thus formally ending the Second World War.