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Munich Conference (Europe)
GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland -
Anschluss (Europe)
Unification of Austria and Germany -
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Europe
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Nonaggression Pact (Europe)
Germany and the USSR agree not to fight -
Germany Invades Poland
Start of WWII -
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Pacific
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Battle of Britain (Europe)
3 month bombing of Great Britain -
Miracle at Dunkirk (Europe)
338,000 troops escape German capture -
Paris Captured (Europe)
France surrenders to Germany -
Battle of Stalingrad (Europe)
10 month battle ends turning point in WAR -
Kasserine Pass (Europe)
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Germany Invades USSR (Europe)
Violated nonaggression treaty -
Doolittle Raid (Pacific)
American bombs fall in Japan for the first time -
Pearl Harbor (Pacific)
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U.S. Declares War on Japan (Pacific)
FDR made a speech to Congress "a date that will live in infamy" -
Germany Declares War on the U.S. (Pacific)
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR -
Battle of Midway (Pacific)
Turning point in war with Japan -
Rome Falls (Europe)
Italy surrendered and Mussolini is executed -
Battle of the Bulge (Pacific)
Last German offense - Allies win -
MacArthur Returns to the Philippines (Pacific)
Famous speech "I have returned" -
D-Day (Pacific)
Allies land at Normandy - liberation of France -
Iwo Jima (Pacific)
Island captured by US Marines raise flag -
V-E-Day (Europe)
WWII ends in Europe -
Atomic Bomb Dropped (Pacific)
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima -
V-J-Day (Pacific)
WWII ends in Japan