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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan starts it's expansion by going to Manchuria for natural resources. -
Italy invades Ethopia
Italy invades Ethopia and is trying to gain power. -
Japanese invades China
Japanese starts a war with China to get more land and more natural resources. -
Quarantine Speech
President FDR gave a speech in Chicago and told the people that Germany is like a diease in how is spreading and has to be stopped. -
Anschluss
Germany incorpates Austria in the Anschluss -
Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland marks the offical start of World War 2. -
Britain and France declares war
Britain and France both declare war with Germany. -
Cash & Carry Policy
The cash and carry policy aloud other countries to come and buy weapons from us in cash. -
Germany takes over Denmark
Germany, as it continues to expaned, takes over Denmark. -
Germany attacks France
Germany attacks France and crosses the Magiont Line and the event occurs at Dunkurk. -
Italy enters the war
Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21 -
The Axis alliance
Japan joins with Germany and Italy in the war. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany starts to attack the Soviet Union using Blitkrieg. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor early in the morning and had a great defeat over the U.S. -
U.S. delcares war
The United States declares war on Japan, entering WW2. -
Axis declares war on U.S.
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the U.S. -
Executive order 9066
U.S. issues that all Japanese Americans must be placed in camps for farther investiagtion and during the war to be save. -
Bataan Death March
A forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners. -
Doolittle Raid
The first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home Islands. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
A major naval battle in the Pacific between th Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was a major battle and one of bloodiest. Germans lost many men in this battle. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Allies go on the attack for the first time and gain ground on the Japanese. -
Operation Torch
U.S. invades North America and the first time the toops go into battle -
U.S. invades Italy
The U.S. invades Sicily and then Italy. -
U.S. gets Rome
U.S. conqures Rome and this is first Allied Capital that was taken. -
D-day
The American troops invades France -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Major sea battle featuring nearly 300 ships in which Allies virtually destroyed Japan's navy -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle in which the Allies fought in gain control od an island from which they could more easily bomb Japan. -
Battle of Okinawa
Battle, after which some allied leaders conculded that invading Japan might coast a million lives. -
Hitler dies
Hitler commits suicide. -
Surrender
Germany surrenders to the western Allies. -
V-E day
Public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany. -
Atomic Bomb 1
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
Atomic Bomb 2
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagaski. -
End of war
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14th, Japan formally surrenders, ending WW2.
