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October 2, 1935 - May 1936
Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. -
Hitler invades the Rhinelands in Germany.
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Hitler invades the Rhinelands, in direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations, nor its members, reprimands him.
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October 25 - November 1, 1936
Germany and Italy sign a Treaty of Cooperation; Rome and Berlin axis is announced. -
Japan invades China, initiating WW2 in the Pacific.
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Hitler enacts Anschluss without receiving any rebuff from The League. So, he continues into Sudetenland (German speaking Czechoslovakia).
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France force the Czechoslovakia Republick to cede Sudentenland to Germany.
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Germany and Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact.
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HItler fakes a Polish attack on Germany in order to invade Poland.
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Britain and France become allies.
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Joins forces with Germany
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NOrthern France signs Armistice Agreement with Germany and VIchy France is established in Southern France.
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July 10 - October 31, 1940 The German Luftwaffe tried taking out the British Royal Air Force, but were not successful.
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Italy invades Egypt, a British province.
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Germany, Italy and Japan form Axis Powers. Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo sign the Tripartite.
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Germany and other smaller Axis Powers invade Soviet Union beginning on June 22 and finishing in November 1941.
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Japan surprises US Military base in Hawaii.
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The Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) declare war on the United States.
December 11 -13, 1941. -
The British bomb Cologne, Germany.
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U.S. Navy defeats Japanese, stops advance in Central Pacific, 3 Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed
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Japanese island-hopping was stopped at Guadalcanal and economic and miliary interest of Solomon islands were also gained
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Benito Mussolini is deposed and Pietro Bologlio forms a new government.
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Badoglio surrenderes to Allies. Germans gain control of Rome, free Mussolini, and establish a regime under him.
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British and U.S. troops land on the beaches of Noramandy, France.
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Largest naval battle ever fought, nearly 300 ships, Allies destroy Japan's navy, Allies led by General MacArthur
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Germans launch final offensive on Eastern Front, creates a bulge in the Allied battle lines.
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Allies captured a quarter of a million German soldiers after crossing the Rhine at Remagen bridge, many German soldiers were killed too.
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Soviets launch final offensive and surround Berlin
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Hitler retreated to a hidden bunker, where he killed himself when he knew he had lost
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Germany surrendors to the Allies
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Victory in Europe Day, Germany's offical surrender
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U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan using a the B-29 bomber the Enola Gay
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U.S. drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
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Victory in Japan Day, Japanese leader Emperor Hirohito announced the end of the war in a radio broadcast.
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Japan formally surrenders at Summit, ending WWII
