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treaty of Munich
An agreement that Hitler should have the Sudetanland of Czechoslovakia & that no country would come to their aid were forced to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. -
Hitler invades poland
Adolf Hitler invades poland and begins taking the jews to concentration camps -
Britain and France declare war Germany
Britain and France declared war on Germany. Neville Chamberlain broadcast the announcement that the country was at war -
France signs armistice with Germany
the french signed an armistice with Germany taking France, which had been devastated, out of the war and into German occupation -
Tripartite Pact
This pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany, Italy and Japan. -
Hitler attacks Russia – Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia. The Russians were taken by surprise as they had signed a treaty with Germany in 1939. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii -
Japanese take Singapore
The Japanese captured Singapore from the British, taking some 60,000 prisoners.
