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European 1938-1945
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E: Anschluss- March 1938
Unification of Austria and Germany -
E: Munich Conference- September 1938
GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland -
E: Nonaggression Pact- August 1939
Germany and USSR agree not to fight -
E: Germany Invades Poland- September 1939
Start of WW2 -
E: Kasserine Pass
First U.S battle against Germany (Bad Lost) -
E: Miracle at Dunkirk
338,000 troops escape German Capture -
E: Paris Captured- June 1940
France surrenders to Germany -
E: Battle of Britain- August 1940
3 Month bombing of Great Britain -
E: Germany Invades USSR- June 1941
Violates the nonaggression treaty -
P: Pearl Harbor
Japan Unproved Attack of U.S. -
P. U.S. Declares war on Japan
FDR makes speech to Congress" A date that will live infamy" -
E: Germany Declares war on US
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR. -
P. Doolittle Raid
American Bombs falls in Japan for the first time -
P. Battle of Midway
Turning in war with Japan -
P:V-J Day
WW2 Ends in Japan -
E: Battle of Stalingrad- Feb 1943
10-month battle ends; turning point -
E: Rome Falls- May 1944
Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed -
E: D-Day
Allies land in Normandy- Liberation of France -
P. MacArthur Returns To Philippines
Famous speech "I Have Returned "Battle of the bulge last German Offense Allies win -
E: Battle of The Bulge
Last German Offense- allies win -
P: Iwo Jima- Feb 1945
Island captured by the : Marines raised flag -
Pacific 1941-1945
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P: Atomic Bomb Dropped
Over 120,000 die Hiroshima