II. war world

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  • Anti-Comintern Pact

    Anti-Comintern Pact

    November 25, 1936
    Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.
  • teatry of Anschluss

    teatry of Anschluss

    March 11–13, 1938
    Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss.
  • Munich agreement

    Munich agreement

    September 29, 1938
    Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.
  • Nonaggression agreement

    Nonaggression agreement

    August 23, 1939
    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
  • World War II in Europe

    World War II in Europe

    September 1, 1939
    Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
  • Italy

    Italy

    June 10, 1940
    Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
  • Tripartite Pact

    Tripartite Pact

    September 27, 1940
    Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    December 7, 1941
    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
  • The United States

    The United States

    December 8, 1941
    The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation.
  • War on the United States

    War on the United States

    December 11–13, 1941
    Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
  • The Second Front

    The Second Front

    June 6, 1944
    British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
  • Normandy

    Normandy

    June 6, 1944
    British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.
  • Paris is liberated

    Paris is liberated

    1944 August 25
    Paris is liberated from German control.
  • US President Franklin Roosevelt dies

    US President Franklin Roosevelt dies

    1945 April 12
    US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman.
  • Dead of Hitler

    Dead of Hitler

    April 30, 1945
    Hitler commits suicide.
  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders

    1945 May 7
    Germany surrenders to the Allies.
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    August 6, 1945
    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
  • The Soviet Union

    The Soviet Union

    August 8, 1945
    The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki

    August 9, 1945
    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
  • Japan surrender

    Japan surrender

    September 2, 1945
    Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.