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World War II Timeline
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Italian invasion of Ethiopia
To impose economic sanctions on that nation. The Ethiopian army was utterly unprepared to resist a modern European force.The British policy ruined the Italy's plan to conquer Ethiopia. -
Spanish Civil War
the Spanish Civil War was a prelude to the outbreak of World War II. Italy was the first nation to react positively to the Spanish nationalist call for assistance. -
Rape of Nanjing in China
About 150,000 people died.The Japenesse went to the capital of China and raped many women and children. They also destroyed most of the City. -
German annexation of the Sudetenland
Hitler invaded the German populated areas of Sudetenland.Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier had conceded the Sudetenland to the Germans. -
German Invasion of Poland
Hitler was the leader of the invasion. Poland's army torn apart in two weeks. -
Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
germany invades polan the starting of wwII -
Germany attacks western Europe—France and the neutral Low Countries. Luxembourg is occupied on May 10; the Netherlands surrenders on May 14; and Belgium surrenders on May 28. On June 22, France signs an armistice agreement by which the Germans occupy the
germany attacks wesern europe -
Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
italy invades france -
The Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya
italy war over libya -
The Germans send the Afrika Korps to North Africa to reinforce the faltering Italians.
war over africa -
us declares war on japan
war over japan and u.s. -
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
germany declares war on u.s. -
British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
midway war -
British troops defeat the Germans and Italians at El Alamein in Egypt, sending the Axis forces in chaotic retreat across Libya to the eastern border of Tunisia
british troops victory -
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 trigg
us and england invade germany -
Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign.
war on the axis -
The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union. The Soviets blunt the attack within a week and begin an offensive initiative of their own.
battle of kursk -
Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples.
war on the naples -
Hitler commits suicide.
the end of nazi germany -
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
japan surrenders u.s. victory
