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WWII Events
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Japan invades Manchuria
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Italy invades Ethiopia
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Japan begins all out war against China
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Hitler annexes Austria
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Hitler claimed the Sudentenland
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Munich Conference
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Hilter launches Blitzkrieg against Poland
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Britian and France declare war against Germany
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Battle of Britain
June - December 1940 -
France Surrenders to Germany
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Japan jions forces with Germany and Italy
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FDR wins third term
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Lend-Lease Act is passed
The United States effort to support Britian by sending arms and money, not troops -
Hitler surprise invasion of the Soviet Union
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Atlantic Charter
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
"A Day that will live in infamy..." FDR. Dec. 8, 1941 -
Battle of Stalingrad
1942-1943 -
Battle of Midway
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Battle of El Alamein
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Invasion of Italy
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D-Day
Invasion of Normandy -
FDR Elected a 4th time
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FDR Dies
Harry S> Truman becomes President -
Japan surrenders
VJ Day: Victory in Japan -
Germany Surrenders
VE Day: Victory in Europe -
Hiroshima, Japan
Truman dropped the first Atmoic Bomb ever. -
Nagasaki, Japan
Truman dropped a second Atomic Bomb. He wanted to end the war and save American lives. -
Nuremberg Trials
1945-1946. Nazi soilders are tried from war crimes.