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Oct 2 to May of 1936: Italy invades and claims Ethiopia
A link that I used to find events:
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 -
Japanese invasion of China
China had lots of great natural resources and was an easy target. They wouldn't give in without a fight, so Japan had trouble and couldn't claim it all successfully. America assited the Chinese.
- http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War#/media/File:Japanese_Special_Naval_Landing_Forces_in_Battle_of_Shanghai_1937.jpg (PIC) -
Poland is invaded by Germany
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Britain & France officially declare war on Germany
Britain and France joined the war in accordance with an agreement to protect Poland. The amount of time Britain gave Germany to get out had passed, so they moved in. (Picture of British soldiers)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/3/newsid_3493000/3493279.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II#/media/File:The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B15008.jpg (picture) -
The Soviet Union's invasion of Poland
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Italy joins the war
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Germany, Italy, & Japan agree on Triparte Pact
Italy, Germany, and Japan (also Hungary) sign an agreement that they will protect each other from new forces in the war to intimidate America from joining against them (as a combined force).
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Csáky_Tripartite_pact_1940.png (PIC) -
Till November: Axis & Germany (minus Bulgaria) move in on Soviet Union. But not Finland, which joins Axis right beforehand and helps fight.
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Pearl Harbor is bombed by Japan
Japan unexpectedly bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which resulted in harm to 18 ships, almost 300 planes, and 3,000+ soldiers. Luckily, our aircraft carriers were not there at the time, which became important in the upcoming years.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/448010/Pearl-Harbor-attack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor#/media/File:USS_California_sinking-Pearl_Harbor.jpg (PIC) -
US officially declares war on Japan
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11th to 13th: Axis (with Germany) declare position against the US
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June - British & US Navies stop Japanese - Central Pacific at Midway
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Axis gives up Tunisia
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Italian gov't reworked by Pietro Badoglio after Benito Mussolini is kicked out
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Germany is worried Hungary might quit Axis, so they take over Hungary's leadership
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20th - 25th: Allies have most of France in good standing
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Finland quits Axis
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Hitler kills himself
Hitler and his wife both ate cyanide in an undergroung shelter base and then Hitler shot himself (on top of the poisoning). They were later cremated.
[Picture is of wife Eva Braun]
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Braun
PIC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Braun#/media/File:Eva_Braun_walking_dog.jpg
Common Knowledge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name#Nee -
Germany surrenders to Allies in West
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Official German surrender to Soviet Union
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Atomic Bomb dropped - Hiroshima
The "Little Boy" bomb was dropped from the Enola Gay.
Background: J. Robert Oppenhemier and others turned atomic materials into the bomb that killed more than 80,000 people.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiroshima_Atomic_bomb_crew.jpg (PIC) -
Atomic bomb dropped - Nagasaki
This time the atomic bomb killed 40,000. It led to the win the Allies couldn't quite claim at Hiroshima alone. The Bockscar successfully dropped the "Fat Man", which was originally intended for the town of Kokura but had to be rerouted.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#/media/File:Bocks-Car-enlisted-flight-crew.png (PIC) -
Japan's official surrender and the end of WWII
Japanese and Allied leaders were brought on the USS Missouri to sign an official document agreeing on peace and the end of WWII.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender#/media/File:Shigemitsu-signs-surrender.jpg (PIC)
