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Nonaggression pact
Germany signs a nonaggression pact with soviet union and promises soviet union land -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades poland shortly after they sign the nonaggression pact with soviet union -
Soviet invades invades poland
Russian troops storm eastern half of poland after germany storms western half of poland -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
Germany starts to eliminate allied forces -
Germany sweeps through europe
Germany sweeps through europe and invades luxembourg, belgium, and netherlands. Drew the attention of the allies -
Battle for Britian
Germany invades britian winston churchill says britian will never surrender. calls the attention for america to suport their ally britian -
Germans trap allies
Germans trap allies in the french city of lille. Germans are winning the war allies need support -
French surrender
French surrender to german invaders. Germans have almost conquered most of europe -
North Africa
Mussolini attacks british held Egypt. Egypts suez canal was important to reach the oil fields of the middle east. Within a week itlioan troops pushed 60 miles into egypt. -
Britian strikes back
Britian strikes back in north africa and destroy the italian moral by taking back 500 miles and taking 130,000 italian prisoners along the way. hitler had to step in and help his axis partner. Erwin rommel comes with a tank army to reinforce the italians -
war on russia
Germany launches a huge invasion against the USSR. USSR was not ready for the attack their troops were not well traind and had old weaponry. germans push more then 500 miles into the USSR. USSR burned and destroyed everything that might be usefull to the enemy as they were retreating -
Atlantic Charter
The U.S has not entered the war yet President Roosevelt and winston churchill met secretly and issued a joint declaration called the atlantic charter. it upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government. In response german U boats fire on american ships -
September 4
German U-Boat fired on an american destroyer. Roosevelt orders all navy cammanders to fire on german submarines on sight. America is now in a undeclared war with Hitler -
Leningrad
Germans lay siege to USSR city of leningrad hitler was ready to starve all 2.5 million inhabitants of leningrad german bombs blew up warehouses and factories neraly 1 million people died in the winter but yet the city refused to fall -
America Enters war
Japenese Aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor and kill more then 2,300 americans an sink 19 American ships America declares war on Japan. Germany declares war on America
