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Nazis invaded Poland
Nazis start their conquer of Europe with Poland. -
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World war 2
Major events of world war 2 -
Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.
Nazis move their armies closer to France. -
Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Nazis continue to conquer contries . -
Germans bomb Paris
Germany begins to try and conquer France. -
German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic.
Germany keep the US from helping the allied powers by using submarines to destroy the ships with supplies. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs American ships. Many americans killed and wounded. -
Hitler declares war on the United States.
After Japan bombs Peral Harbor and US declares waron Japan, Hitler declares war on America -
Battle of Midway
US defeats Japan to get closer to the main land of Japan. -
Massive German air raid on Stalingrad.
Germany attacks its ally Russia with its air force. -
Operation Torch begins
US invasionof North Africa -
Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies.
Hitler loses a battle to Stalin and starts to withdraw some pf his troops. -
U.S. fleet raids Truk Atoll
Japan is close to Alaska. US attacks the Japanese. -
Americans land on Leyte Island, Philippines
US planned to attack Japan. -
Naval battle of Leyte Gulf
Major naval battle against Japan -
First B-29 raid against Tokyo
US begins to bomb Japan -
Allied invasion of Okinawa
Allied powers begins to attack Okinawa to make a airfield to attack Japan -
Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government.
Germany surrenders and Allied powers take over Germany government. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan
US bombs Japan in hoping to shorten the war. -
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan
US bombs Japan in hoping to shorten the war. -
Emperor Hirohito announces surrender of Japan
Japan surrenders. The war is over.