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Italy invades Ethiopia
The Prime Minister of Italy, Mussolini, invades Ethiopia -
Neutrality Act
FDR signs the Neutrality Act which banned any one traveling into warring nations. -
Hitler Promises
He promises peace if he would get the Sudetenland. -
Appeasement
They listen to Adolf Hitler's demands and give him the Sudetenland -
Kristallnacht
This is known as "Crystal Night." Germans decide to destroy Jewish businesses. -
Hitler Annexes Czechoslovakia
Hitler disobeys the agreement made in September 1938 and decides to take Czechoslovakia. -
Start of World War II
Germany invades Polland -
Crack the Code
United States cracks Japan's code and are able to learn their plans. -
Japan joins Axis
Japan decides to join the Axis powers which consisted of Italy and Germany. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
FDR moves fleet
The president moves the fleet from San Diego, California to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Rome Falls
Rome Falls to the Allied Forces. -
D-Day
This was the allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overload. -
Paris is Liberated
US frees the French from Nazi control. -
Mussolini DIes
Italians capture him, murder him, and then keep his body in the streets for the citizens to beat. -
Hitler commits suicide
He commits suicide in Berlin. -
Victory in Europe Day
This is when Germany surrenders and it is also the end of Adolf Hitler. -
Hiroshima
United States drops an atomic bomb, kills 75,000. -
Soviet Union Enters Pacific
Soviet Union helps defeat Japan as promised. -
Surrender of Japan
This brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. Japan finally surrenders.
