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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan begins war with China when they invade north eastern China insight of natural reasources. -
Neutrality Act
U.S. document that says that the U.S. will stay an isolated country and will not enter the war or interfeir with the war. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy was expanding and it was easy to take over Ethiopia due the the fact that Italy had more modern weapons. -
Munich Conference
Hitler met with representatives of the heads of state from France, the United Kingdom, and Italy to get controll of Czechoslovakia. The counrties appeased Hilter. -
Start of World War II
Germany invades Poland breaking the treaty. Germany secretly makes a pact with Russia saying that they are not going to invade but they do. -
Allied Powers enter WWII
Great Britain and France enter World War Two and declare war on Germany and Italy. Soon after this, France will fall. -
Escape at Dunkirk
Axis lines invade Dunkirk and French and British run away to the island of Great Britain and use fisherman boats to go across The English Channel. -
Lend-Lease Act
This bill allowed the U.S. to basically give Great Britain war equipment. This was created after Great Britain could no longer pay for weaponry. -
Atlantic Charter
FDR and Churchill met secretivly in the middle of the Atlantic. Here they shared goals for the war, free trade, and self government. -
Trouble in Japan
Tojo becomes upset with the government in Japan and takes it over as his own. Called himself the Czar of Japan's Government. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes invade Hawaii and drop bomb on the U.S.'s Pacific Harbor. Two fleets attacked and the third one didn't not due to the loss of surprise attack. -
U.S. Declares War
FDR has his famous speech, "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941..." and purposes to the congress to declare war on the Japanese Empire. Later, we will declare war on Japan. -
War Delcared on U.S.
Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S. which will pull us into the war. We are now officially apart of the the Allied Powers which include Great Britian and The Soviet Union. -
Doolittle Raid
U.S. is fed up with Japan and the invasion of the Philippines and sends 16 bomber planes over Tokyo and bomb Tokyo. This has very little damage but it proves the point that the U.S. is in this war now and will fight back. -
D-Day
101st Airborne parachuted behind enemylines; 150,000 Allied troops carried across theEnglish Channel; Blitzkrieg, Allied style; 10,000 Allied casualties – successful -
Hitler's Gone
Hilter commits suicide by poisioning himself. This in terms dumes the Nazi party. -
VE Day
This is the day that is marked as Germany surrendering the war. A great day for the Allied Powers. -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was bombed by the atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy." This bombing was succesful for the U.S. -
Nagasaki
This attack, much like Hiroshima, was an atomic bomb dropped on another Japanese city. This bomb was nicknamed "Fat Man." -
Japan Surrenders
Japan surrenders the war shortly after Tojo commints suicide. Japan has finally given up. They sign the documents on the USS Missouri.
