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Kristallnacht
A large attack against the Jews in Nazi Germany and Austria. -
Germany invades Poland
Nazis occupied the rest of Europe and North Africa after the attack. -
Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
The Italians wanted to go to war with France and Great Britain. -
France surrenders to Germany
France realized that their army did not stand a chance against Germany's so they decided to surrender. -
Battle of Britain
German pilots attempted to do coordinated attack runs in Great Britain. -
Italians get attacked by the British in North Africa
British and common wealth forces attacked Italian forces. -
Germany invades Russia
Over 3.9 million troopsinvaded the European part of the USSR. -
Battle of Stalingrad
More than 2 million Russians were killed after 4 million Germans stormed the Russian border. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
In order to eliminate a possible threat from the war, Japenese army bombed the US warships. -
Roosevelt issues executive order 9066
This allowed the internment of Japenese Americans -
Holocaust
In order to make a superior race of German Nazis, Hitler had millions of jews killed, tortured, and sent to concentration camps. -
Battle of Midway
The Japenese army went to the Phillippines, East Indies and South East Asia. -
Anne Frank and her family goes in to hiding
Anne Frank and her family went in to hiding in order to remain alive and safe from the Nazis. -
D-Day
Eisenhower led allied troops and US in the invasion of Normandy, France. -
Anne Frank is found
Anne Frank and her family were discovered and then arrested. -
Battle of the Bulge Begins
Adolph Hitler decided to attack -
Hitler commits suicide
After staying in a bunker for 40 hours, Hitler and his wife decide to kill themselves. Hitler shot himself and his wife ingested cyanide. -
V.E Day
A celebration day of the surrender of Nazi's from World War 2. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
In order to capture Iwo Jima and Japan, the US invaded Iwo Jima. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Due to the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki