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Germany invades poland
in 1939 germany used blitzkrieg warefare -
declaring war
Britain and US declare war on Japan -
pearl harbor
japan attacks the naval base in Hawaii -
battle of midway
American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War -
genocide of jewish people
Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins -
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war in the pacific
the US gets revenge on japan for pearl harbor and faces them in a bloody war -
Mussolini surrenders italy
Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle -
tehran confrence
Allies meet at Tehran to discuss war efforts -
d-day
D Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August. -
Roosevelts death
Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill. -
Death of Roosevelt
roosevelt dies and truman takes his place as president -
surrender of germany
German forces surrender -
atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima
The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima. -
Russia declares war on Japan
Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japan -
bomb dropped on nagasaki
after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima the Japanese still did not surrender so another one was dropped -
Japanese surrender
finally after the bombs where dropped the the emperor surrendered