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Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini ordered this invasion. Like Hitler he wanted to expand German territories and he believed that Ethiopia was considered German. -
The Rome-Berlin Axis is announced
Germany and Italy signed a formal alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. It contained a protocol committing Germany and Italy to follow a common foreign policy. From then o.n Germany and its allies were known as Axis Powers -
Signing of the the Anti-Comintern Pact between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany
An agreement between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan to mutually resist Communism and Communist states. It was a treaty of alliance against the Soviet Union. -
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Second Sino-Japanese War
Caused by China's resistence to Japanese expansion of influence. An effort to overthrow National government. Defeat by Allies ended their occupation of China. -
Forming the Slovak Republic
Helped by Germany, they joined the axis powers under pressure from Germany. -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler wanted to take back lost territory and gain rule of Poland. It was an example of the Blitzkrieg strategy, and it began World War II. -
German Blitzkrieg
It is a military strategy that relies on speed and surprise and was first used by Germans. It was tested in Poland (1939). Then, successfully used in Belguim, The Netherlands, and France in 1940. -
Japanese declare war on USA.
A few hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan declared War on the U.S and Great Britain. This was America's entry into WW2. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attack the American Naval Base in Honolulu Hawaii called the Pearl Harbor. Japan destroyed 20 American naval vessels, eight huge battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. About 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died and another 1,000 were wounded. This caused FDR to declare war on Japan which in turn caused Japan and it's allies, Italy and Germany, to declare war on the U.S. -
Germany declares war on USA
Japans attack on the U.S made Hitler fear that the U.S would soon declare war on them because of there being allies with Japan. So Hitler declared war and beat them to the punch. -
Battle of Midway - 4 Japanese carriers sunk
A big win for the U.S. America destroyed Japan's naval strength and four of Japan's aircraft carriers. -
D'Day
A battle that lasted about 2 months. Started when British and Canadian forces invaded France. -
Allies Liberate Paris
The Germans Surrender after 4 years of occupying Paris. The French Second Armoured Division arrived. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler's use of the blitzkrieg tactic, caught Americans off-guard and had them fighting desperatly to stem German advancement. In order to secure bridgeheads as Germany advanced into Ardennes, the allied forces took on the appearance of a large bulge. -
Holocaust
It was the genocide of many Jews and any other groups the Germans (Nazis) classified as inferior. Nazis were rulers of Germany as of 1933 and believed that Germans were racially superior. It was the genocide of many Jews and any other groups the Germans (Nazi's) classified as inferior. -
Soviets Capture Warsaw
Soviets free Polish capital from Germany. -
Roosevelt Died and Truman Becomes President
Roosevelt died from cerebral hemorrhage and less than two hours later Truman took an oath and became President. -
Hitler commits suicide
The leader of the Nazis, Adolf Hitler, swallows a cyanide pill and shoots himself in the head, while being held up in his bunker under his headquarters in Berlin. -
V-Day
Officially the end of WW2 in Europe. The German General Jodl, signed a surrender document and the Nazis surrendered. This ended war for them -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
American B-29 bomber dropped the world's 1st deployed atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a Japanese City. It killed 80,000 people upon impact and 90% ofthe city was wiped out. The second bomb was dropped in the city of Nagasaki killing 40,000 people upo impact, leading Japan to surrender on August 15.
