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WW2 started when Hitler invaded poland. Consequently France and Britain declared war on HItler. -
German invasion of Poland
Polish army was defeated in weeks -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Italy declares war on France and Britain
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France Falls to Germany . Germany begins Battle of Britain
the Germans began the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain, which lasted three and a half months, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins -
Japan signs Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy
It was a defensive military alliance .The Tripartite Pact was directed primarily at the United States. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan -
Romania enters the war
Because Romania was a member of the Axis powers, it entered the war against the Soviet Union -
Germany invades U.S.S.R.
The invasion breaks the non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939.
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Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack by the Japanese force at the naval base in Hawaii . Attack killed 2,403 americans -
U.S. declares was on Japan
U.S. declared war in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the day before
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Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.
Germany and Italy announced they were at war with the United States. America immediately responded by declaring war on the two Axis powers.
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Beginning of Battle of Stalingrad
major battle on the Eastern Front in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
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Germany surrenders at Stalingrad
Surrounding was their only chance at surviving http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-surrender-at-stalingrad -
End of the Battle of Stalingrad
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First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain.
"The first V-1s were launched against London on June 13, 1944, a week after the D-Day landings. During the first V-1 bombing campaign, up to 100 V-1s fell every hour on London. Over an 80 day period, more than 6,000 people were killed, with over 17,000 injured and a million buildings wrecked or damaged." -
U.S. troops liberate Cherbourg, France.
The Allies capture the fortified town and port of Cherbourg, in northwest France, freeing it from German occupation. -
Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails.
German officials had made up their minds that Hitler must die. He was leading Germany in a suicidal war on two fronts, and assassination was the only way to stop him. -
Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland.
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Liberation of Paris.
French General Jacques Leclerc enters the free French capital triumphantly. Pockets of German intransigence remained, but Paris was free from German control. -
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Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans.
“Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland. -
Hitler commits suicide
He swallows a cyanide pill and then shooting himself in the head http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide -
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US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ,Japan. Japan surrenders
The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
Japan agrees to surrenders
just a day after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan submits its acquiescence to the Potsdam Conference terms of unconditional surrender, as President Harry S. Truman orders a halt to atomic bombing. -
End
WW2 ends when Japan surrenders
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United Nations
The United Nations was born of perceived necessity, as a means of better arbitrating international conflict and negotiating peace than was provided for by the old League of Nations.
