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Japan invades Manchuria!
Military invaded against the orders of the civilian government. Many manchurians captured or killed. -
Mussolini invades Ethiopia!
Mussolini attacks Ethiopia and the League of Nations and US were unwilling to take formal action to punish them. -
Spanish Civil War!
Civil War between Nationalists and Republicans
Hitler and Mussolini supported Franco
Stalin supported Republicans, but FDR would not
3,000 Americans joined the fight
Franco emerges victorious, hundreds of thousands die -
Germany Invades Poland!!
This is the official beginning of WWII! Germany attacks Polish fleets. -
Germany attacks Poland!
German criminal in Polish clothing – proof! Blitzkrieg! Germany victory by end of the month. They were too strong for Poland. -
Britain & France declare war on Germany!
They were known as allies and no one thougt they were going to declared war on each other. -
Germany takes over Denmark and Norway!
Germnay doesn't even struggle to take over Denmark and Norway. They were so small and Germnay was huge! -
Germany attacks France
Attacked through the Ardennes Forest in Northern France
Maginot Line – French defenses south of the Ardennes
Dunkirk – 340,000 Allied troops escape
Netherlands and Belgium fall to Germany
By end of June, France surrenders to Germany
Vichy France
French Resistance – Charles de Gaulle -
Pearl Harbor!
Japan declares war on U.S. A suprise attack by the Japanese on an American naval base in Hawaii. -
Battle of Normandy!
This battlewas the largest seaborn battle in history! Germany and France going at it. D-Day! -
V-E Day! Victory in Europe!
V-E day, We won the battle in Europe and we re now finished battling with them. -
Japan Surrenders!!
Japan Surrenders and quits fighting!
