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World War 2

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    World War 2

    The events leading up to the war and the final surrender
  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler moves closer to power
  • Japan withdraws from the League of Nations

    Japan withdraws from the League of Nations

  • Britian and France declare war on Germany

    Britian and France declare war on Germany

    These countries will fight on the eastern front, or Europe
  • Hitler withdraws Germany from the League of Nations

    Hitler withdraws Germany from the League of Nations

  • Hitler becomes leader of Germany

    Hitler becomes leader of Germany

    Adolph Hitler succeeds Hindenburg as leader of Germany
  • The concentration camp at Buchenwald opens

    The concentration camp at Buchenwald opens

    The first concentration camp
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    This is the battle that starts World War 2
  • German forces enter Paris

    German forces enter Paris

    Germany takes Paris from the French
  • Japenese lauch suprise attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japenese lauch suprise attack on Pearl Harbor

    America declares war on Japan following day
  • Germany and Italy declare war on United States

    Germany and Italy declare war on United States

    The United States is now fully involved in World War 2
  • Germans give up North Africa

    Germans give up North Africa

    Germany begins to become surrounded
  • Italy surrenders to the allies

    Italy surrenders to the allies

    Germany and Japan only major powers leftt
  • Italy declares war on Germany

    Italy declares war on Germany

    Italy becomes an ally
  • D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France

    D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France

    The battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.
  • Germans surrender Paris

    Germans surrender Paris

    The French slowly push Germany out of there coutry
  • U. S. Marines land on Iwo Jima

    U. S. Marines land on Iwo Jima

    America invades Japan successfully
  • American operations against Okinawa begin

    American operations against Okinawa begin

    The battle of Okinowa is viewed as the last battle on the pacific front.
  • Germany uncoditionally surrenders and ends the war

    Germany uncoditionally surrenders and ends the war

    World War 2 officially ends
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan

    1 of 2 atomic bombs dropped on Japan
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan

    Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan

    The second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan
  • Japanese sign surrender terms on board the USS Missouri

    Japanese sign surrender terms on board the USS Missouri

    Japan surrenders, Germany only major axis power left