World War 2 lesson 19 study guide

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  • September 1939

    German forces invade Poland, beginning World war 2

  • May 1940

    Germany invades France.

  • August 1940

    Former Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky is killed in Mexico.

  • December 7, 1941

    Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into WW2.

  • August 1942

    Gandhi is arrested after calling for Britain to leave India.

  • 1943

    Penicillin comes into wide use as an antibiotic.

  • June 6, 1944

    The Allies storm ashore at Normandy France, on D-Day.

  • July 1944

    Soviet troops discover an abandoned Nazi death camp.

  • 1944

    The first large automatic computers is developed.

  • May 7, 1945

    German formally surrEnders.

  • I’ll be 15 1945

    Japan surrenders after atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.