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Hitler becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler is appointed as Chancellor of Germany which kicks off the tirade of WWII. -
Mussolini Joins Hitler
In a speech in Rome, Benito Mussolini, fascist leader of Italy, promises to fight the democracies alongside Adolf Hitler's should war break out. -
Germans Invade Poland
Germany invades Poland, Britain and France both declare war on Germany to kick off WWII. -
Canada gets involved
Canada declares war on Germany and is the first North American country to get involved. -
Italy attacks France
Benito Mussolini's Italian forces attack France from the south. -
Start of Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks -
Germany invades Soviet Union
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union it was the largest German military operation of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor to get the United States involved with the war -
Roosevelt calls for War
In response to Japanese action on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a speech in which he calls for peace-loving nations to act together to "quarantine" aggressors to protect the world from the "disease" of war. -
Plan for Holocaust started
This is important because it was when the plan first began. The holocaust was Hitler’s way to punish the Jews for supposedly being at fault for the loss of the First World War. Many people died and only few survived. -
Dieppe Raid
The Canadians had trained for 3 years and then they had to go to the raid, it was a disaster. They had no protection so the german artillery had already wiped a lot of them. This was important because it was the first major defeat for them. -
Allies Assemble
In England, the Allied powers assemble 2.9 million men, 2.5 million tons of supplies, 11,000 airplanes, and hundreds of ships in preparation for D-Day. -
D-Day
U.S invades Omaha Beach in France in an effort to stop the Axis Powers from spreading and were successful. -
Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin. -
Germany Surrenders
The German army signs an unconditional surrender. -
Victory in Europe Day
marked the end of the war in Europe and declared the Allie forces the victors. -
Atomic Bomb Tested
An atomic bomb is successfully detonated in the New Mexico desert. -
Hiroshima
The United States drops an atomic bomb it was the first to be used in warfare on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000. -
Nagasaki
A second atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki. -
Japan Surrenders
The day on which Japan officially signed to surrender to the Allie forces
