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Japan Invades Manchuria
After faking a train car accident Manchuria Japan uses it as a catalyst to invade and take over. -
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Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy begins to invade and annex Ethiopia. -
Italy takes Ethiopia
Italy finishes their attack and annexes Ethiopia. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Italy and Germany begin talks about an alliance. -
Axis is Finalized
Germany and Italy officialy become allies. -
Anti Comitern Pact
Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany sign the Anti-Comitern pact. This basically said they were prepared for the Soviet Union to fall and stating what they would do afterwords. -
Japan Invades China
Japan invades China and initiates World War 2 in the Pacific. -
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Germany adopts Austria
Germany adopts Austria into the Anschluss ( the trying to adopt Austria since 1918 ) -
Munich Pact
A pact made by Italy, Great Britain, France, and Germany that made the Czechoslovak Republic give up a place called the Sudentenland to Germany considering before World War 2 it was part of Germany. -
Czech Invaded
Under German Pressure the Slovaks declare independence and Germany invades Czech land in violation of the Munich Pact. -
Polands Borders Secured
Great Britain and France sign off saying if anyone goes through and invades Poland's borders they will declare war. -
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Italy continues
Italy invades and annexes Albania. -
Nonagression Pact
The Soviet Union and Germany sign a nonaggression pact and a secret covodil that says how they will split up Poland -
Invasion
Germany invades Poland initiating World War 2. -
Honorable
Honoring their agreement Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Invasion AGAIN
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the Eastern side. -
Surrender
Warsaw surrenders. Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and The Soviet Union split up Poland. -
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Finland Falls
The Soviet Union invades Finland. Initiating the Winter War. Finland sues for an Armistice and flees to their small coastline near the Arctic Ocean. -
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Invasion Continues
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders the day of the attack. Norway holds out until June 9. -
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Germany Begins Total War
Germany attacks Western Europe and invades France. The Netherlands surrender on May 14 and Belgium surrenders on May 28. France signs an armistice allowing Germany to have the Eastern half and the Antlantic coastline. -
Italy Begins
Italy enters the war and invades France on the Southern side. -
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The Soviet Union Presses forward
The Soviet Union occupies the Baltic States on June 14–18, engineering Communist coup d’états in each of them on July 14–15, and then annexing them as Soviet Republics on August 3–6. -
Soviet Union Contines
The Soviet Union forces Romania to cede the eastern province of Bessarabia and the northern half of Bukovina to the Soviet Ukraine. -
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Battle of Britain
The air war often called the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany. -
Second Vienna Award
Germany and Italy arbitrate a decision on the division of the disputed province of Transylvania between Romania and Hungary. The loss of northern Transylvania forces Romanian King Carol to abdicate in favor of his son, Michael, and brings to power a dictatorship under General Ion Antonescu. -
I INVADE YOU.
Italy invades British controlled Egypt from Italian controlled Libya. -
Tripartite Pact
Italy, Germany, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact making them the Axis Powers. -
Italy Does Some More Invading
Italy invades Greece from Albania. -
More
Hungary joins the Axis Powers. -
and More
Romania joins the Axis Powers. -
and MORE!!!!
Slovakia joins the Axis Powers. -
Afrika Korps
The first set of Afrika Korps arrive in Northern Africa. -
MOREEEEEEEE
Bulgaria joins the Axis Powers. -
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Yugoslavia Falls
Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria all invade Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia surrenders April 17. Germany and Italy invade Greece. Greece falls in early June. -
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Betrayal
Germany along with all its axis allies, excluding Bulgaria, invade the Soviet Union. The Finns join in and capture Rostov by November. -
Offense
The Soviet Union launches a massive offense driving back the Germans away from Moscow. -
Tragedy
In an epic bombing, Japan destroys all of Pearl Harbor. -
U.S. Enters the Fray
The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. -
War
All the axis powers declare war on the U.S. -
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Germany takes the Fight
U.S. begins bombing and doesn't stop until surrender. -
Japan is stopped
Allied forces stop the Japanese naval advance at Midway. -
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AGAIIIN
Germans launch another offensive on The Soviet Union driving into Stalingrad. -
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Japan stopped again
Japan is stopped on their way to Australia in the Solomon islands. -
Germany loses again
Germman forces are defeated in Egypt pushing them back into Libya. -
North Africa saved
US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in French North Africa. The failure of the Vichy French troops to defend against the invasion enables the Allies to move swiftly to the western border of Tunisia, and triggers the German occupation of southern France on November 11. -
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Offense AGAIN
The Soviet Union makes a final push and surrounds the city of Stalingrad. Not allowed to retreat the German army is eventually forced to surrender under lack of supplies. -
North Africa Campaign Ends
Tunisia is forced into surrender by the allies and the North Africa Campaign ends. -
oh no SICILY
The allies invade Sicily and own it by mid august. -
Mussolini is Deposed
The leader of the French, Mussolini, is deposed and arrested for ruining the pride of Italy -
Germany strikes back
Upon hearing of Italy's surrender Germany comes in and takes over. Establishing a regime under Mussolini who had been freed by German Commandos. -
Yea for Russia
The Soviet Union liberates Kiev. -
Prepare for attack
Allied troops land just south of Rome in Italy. -
Aggggh
Fearing Hungary's retirement from the Axis powers Hungary is overtaken and reestablished with a pro German Prime Minister. -
Mussolini falls AGAIN
Allied forces liberate Rome. Using Italy in 6 weeks they could drop bombs on Eastern Germany. -
D-Day
Allied Forces successfully take the Normandy beaches of Northern France. -
Offense for the third time.
The Soviet Union launches a massive offense and begins to take back Poland. -
Beachline broken
The Normandy Beach line is broken and American Forces race for Paris. -
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Home Army
The Home Army gang in Warsaw attempts to take down the German Government before the Soviets get there but are greeted with failure. -
Still working on France
The Allied Forces begin to take back Southern France. -
Oh No Soviets
The appearance of Soviet troops on the Prut River induces the Romanian opposition to overthrow the Antonescu regime. The new government concludes an armistice and immediately switches sides in the war. The Romanian turnaround compels Bulgaria to surrender on September 8, and the Germans to evacuate Greece, Albania, and southern Yugoslavia in October. -
Paris
The Allied Forces attack Paris and liberate it of German control. -
Bye Finns
Finland concludes their armistice with Germany and leaves the Axis powers. -
Hungarian Surrender Maybe
Underground gangs interrupt negotiations of surrender between the Soviets and Hungary -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launch one last offensive attempting to disrupt the Allies and take back Bulgaria, -
4th Offense
The Soviet Union takes Warsaw and the rest of Poland. -
Berlin
Berlin is surrounded by the Soviet army. -
Uh Oh No Leader
Hitler commits suicide -
Surrender
Germany surrenders ending WW2 in Europe. -
Manhattan Project Success
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. -
Second one
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki -
Surrender #2
Japan surrenders and WW2 ends.