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Joseph Stalin Rises in Russia
Joseph Stalin begins his rise to power (unclear date) -
Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
Hitler publishes his book titled mein kampf (unclear date) -
FDR becomes president in the US
FDR sworn in as 32nd US president (unclear date) -
Hitler leader of Germany
Hitler becomes leader of germany (unclear date) -
Germany Invades Rhineland
Germen forces move into Rhineland for the first time since WW1 (unclear date) -
Germany Invades Austria
German forces march into Austria (unclear date) -
Germany invades Poland
German forces march into poland -
Great Britain/France declare war on Germany
After german forces invade poland, Britan and France declare war -
Japan, Germany, Italy become the Axis
Germany, Japan, and Italy become the axis powers (unclear date) -
Battle of Britan
Germany launches wave after wave of bombers to destroy london and other key points in britan's defence -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
US declares war on Japan
after the attack on pearl harbor, the US declares war -
Germany declares war on the US
after the US declares war on japan, Germany declares war on the US -
internment of Japanese-Americans
following pearl harbor, Japanese-Americans are moved away from the rest of the population(no exact date) -
battle of midway
the battle of midway was a pivital point in the pacfic theater, the battle was the first engagement using the US pacific carriers, the battle showed that the aircraft carrier was a piece of the navy that was to be reckened with -
Mussolini Takes Power
Mussolini becomes leader of Italy -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the allied invation of north africa -
stalingrad
Germany attacks stalingrad, the soviet union wins after gruling fighting -
victory at guadalcanal
the US forces capture the island of guadalcanal -
North africa liberated
Allied forces finaly push axis forces from north africa for good (unclear date) -
Operation Overlord
Allied forces swarm Normandy beaches on D-day, the attack gained the allies a foothold in europe -
battle of tarawa
the US captures the Tarawa atoll -
battle of leyte gulf
US and Austrailian navel forces beat the japanese navy, cutting off supplies to the remaining japanese forces on leyte -
battle of the bulge
German forces attemt to break the allied lines and force them back, it was unsuccessful, it was also the last major offencive of germany -
liberation of auschwitz
soviet forces find auschwitz death camp, and liberate the remaining inmates -
iwo jima captured
US forces capture the island of Iwo Jima, gaining a emergency landing strip for the bombers -
FDR dies
FDR passes away before the end of ww2 -
Hitler commits suicide
following the battle of berlin, soviet forces find hitler in his headquarters, dead -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the allied powers, ending the war in europe -
V-E day
V-E day is celebrated, the war in europe is finaly over -
battle of okinawa
US forces capture Okinawa, plans for a US invation of mainland Japan, are based on launching troops from Okinawa. the atomic bombs make japan surrender making the invasion unnessesary (no exact date) -
Atomic bomb, Hiroshima
the US drops the first atomic bomb used in warfare -
Atomic bomb, nagasaki
the US drops the last atomic bomb used in warfare, hopefully no others will be used in war -
V-J day
Japan surrenders to the US abord the USS Missouri, ending WW2
