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Japanese Invade Manchuria
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World War II
Timeline of World War II -
Attacks
Britain And France Declare War On Germany -
Neutral
The US remains neutral but president Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency". -
Invasion
Russia invades Poland -
Germany Strikes
Germany invades France, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg. Winston Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister. -
Evacuation Ends
The evacuation at Dunkirk ends. 338,000 troops were rescued. Churchill declares that Britain will never surrender. -
Battle Of Britain
The Battle of Britain air campaign begins -
Japan
Japan joins The Axis -
Scorched
Stalin orders the "scorched earth" strategy. -
Leningrad
The long German siege of Leningrad begins. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Navy attacks Pearl Harbor and the Phillipines, and the US joins the war. -
War!
Germany and Italy declare war on the US. -
Coral Sea
Battle of the Coral Sea. One Japanese carrier and one American carrier are sunk -
Midway
he battle of Midway. Four Japanese carriers are sunk, and one American carrier. Japan's naval superiority is lost. -
Surrender
The last German forces in Stalingrad surrender -
D-Day
D-Day. American, British, Canadian forces invade France at the beaches of Normandy -
Market Garden
Operation Market Garden in Holland -
Ardennes
The German attack in the Ardennes begin -
Auschwitz
The Russians liberate the Auschwitz death camp -
Iwo Jima
he Marines land in Iwo Jima -
Execution!
Mussolini is executed by the Italian resistance. The Allies liberate the Dachau death camp -
War Ends!
Germany surrenders. The war in Europe ends -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima is destroyed by an atomic bomb
