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Japan invasian of Manchuira
Japanese army invade Manchuria because China "sabortaged" the railway Japan built there -
Italy invades Ethiopia
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Japan invades China
Japan claimed Chinese tropps fired at them near the Marco Polo Bridge -
Germany annexes Austria
Austrian Nazi's try to forca the Austrian government to unite with Germany -
Munich Agreement
Appeasement for Germany's annexation of some of Czechoslovakia -
German-Soviet Non-Agression pact
Nazi Germany and Soviet Union agreed to take no military action against eachother for the next 10 years. -
World War II begins
Germany invades Poland -
France and Britain declare war on Germany
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Winston Churchill becomes leader of British government
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Italy enters was as an Axis power
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Battle of Britain
Germany launches air attacks that last until the end of October -
Tripartite pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a treaty with eachother -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese planes attacked the Ameriacn naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
US declares war on Japan
Because of Japan bombing pearl harbor, the United States declare war on Japan -
Battle of Midway
This battle destroys Japan's naval strength when American troops destroyed the Japanese aircraft carriers -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany suprises the Soviet Union and starts a major battle for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
Italian government surrenders
General Dwight Eisenhower announces the surrender of Italy to the Allied powers. -
D-Day
over 160,000 Allied troops landed on the French coast to fight Nazi Germany in Normandy, France. -
Liberation of Paris
French General enters the French Capital and freed it from Gernan control -
Hitler's suicide
On this day the last major battle of the war in Europe. Hitler had no way out so him and his family took their own lives. -
V-E Day
Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
An atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan so Japan wouldn't fight back. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
The Japanese did not surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima so another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki to make sure they do surrender. -
Official end of the war
Japan surrenters to US General Douglass Macarthur.
