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World War II
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Japan invades China
This event initated World War II in the Pacific. -
Munich Agreement
Great Britian, Germany, Italy, and France sign the munich agreement forcing Czechoslovak to give up the Sudetenland. -
German Invasion of Denmark and France
Germany invades Denmark and France. Denmark surrneders on the day of the attack: France holds out until June 9th. -
Nonaggression Agreement
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the nonaggression agreement. -
WWII begins
Germany invades Poland, which initiated WWII. The Polish government flees to Romainia. -
Great Britian and France Declare War
Great Britian and France delcare war on Germany, in honor of their guarantee of Poland's borders. -
Italy joins the War
Italy joind the war and invades France on June 21st. -
Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy and France signed the Tripartite Pact. -
Battle of Britain
This was an air war which ended in defeat for Nazi Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs pearl harbor. 2,403 american casualties. -
War In U.S.
Nazi Germany and Axis powers declare war on the United States. -
Sicily
US and British troops land in Sicily, and the Allies control Sicily by mid-August. -
Liberating Rome
Allied troops liberate Rome, which allowed them to be able to hit bombing targets in eastern Germany for the first time. -
Normandy
Brithosh and US troops land on the Normandy beach of France, opening the "sencond front" against the germans. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launch a final offense in the west, the battle of the bulge, to try and re-conquer Belguim and split the allied forces along the german border. -
German downfall
Hitler commits suicide. -
V-E Day
The day US and Great Britain celebrate Victory in Europe Day. This was the day Germans throughout Europe surrender. Also more thad 13,000 British POW's were released. -
Hiroshima
The Untied States droped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. -
Nagasaki
The United Staes drops second bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. -
World War II Ends
Japan formally surrenders, ending WWII.
