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World War II

By marshallj17

  • Japan invades Manchuria.

    Japan invades Manchuria.
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    Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia

  • Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.

  • Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

    Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

  • Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

  • Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.

  • Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.

  • Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.

    Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.

  • Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

  • Bulgaria joins the Axis.

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
    Attack on Pearl Harbor - Footage and Aftermath

  • Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.

  • British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

  • The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

    The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

  • Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.