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German Anschluss with Austria
Hitler annexed Austria, he tries to unify all German-speaking people. -
Hitler invades Czachoslovakia
Despite the assurances given by Hitler in the Treaty of Munich, he marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country. -
Britain rearms and reassures Poland
Britain had begun re-arming and a highly secret radar early warning system was installed along the east coast. -
Russia and Germany sign pact
Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact which included secret clauses for the division of Poland -
Hitler invades Poland
Adolf Hitler invades Poland -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier, and Mussolini met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetanland of Czechoslovakia. -
“Phoney War”
The months following Britain’s declaration of war are reffered to as the “phoney war” because Britain saw no military action. War ended in May. -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway to safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore and also to establish a Norwegian base from which to break the Beitish naval blokade on Germany. Ended in May -
British rout Italians in North Africa
Italian forces in North Africa were routed by the British led by General Wacell. -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler launched his blitzkrieg against Holland and Belgium. Rotterdam was bombed almost to extinction. -
Chamberlain resigns
Neville Chamberlain resigned after pressure from Labour members for a more active prosection of the ar and Winston Churchill became the new head of the wartime coalition government. -
Dunkirk
British Commander, General Gort, has been forced to retreat to the coast at Dunkirk. -
Italy enter war on side of Axis powers
Italy’s motive for entering the war was the hope of rich pickings from the spoils of war. -
France signs armstice with Germany
The French, Marshall Petain, signed an armistice with Germany taking France, which had been devastated, out of the war and into German occupation. -
Tripartite Pact
This pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Battle of Britain
Hitler sends Luffwaffe. Attacks conventrated on RAF airfields. The Blitz. Night bombing. Ends October. -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
German and Italian troops attacked Yugoslavia, Greese and the island of crete. German field Marshal Erwin Rommel led the axis powers back to North Africa. -
Hitler attacks Russia- Operation Barbarossa
Soldiers and tanks sent to Russia. Russia surprised because they had signed a treaty. USA offers aid to the USSR. -
Britain and Us declare war on Japan
Britain and the US declare was on Japan. -
Battle of Midway
The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back. -
Allies in North Africa
General Alexander was given a hand-written directive from Churchill ordering thatvhis main directive was to be the destruction of the German-Italian army commanded by Field-Marshall Rommell together with all its supplies and establishments in Egypt and Lybia. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Russians won against Germany at this battle for the first time. -
Allies push into N. Africa
Eisenhower and his troops assume comtrol of French Morocco and Algeria. -
Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the Us pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French, and Dutch colonish in South East Asia. -
Allies invade Sicily
British and US forces invaded Sicily. -
Allies take Sicily
Allied toops win the island of Sicily. -
Allies meet at Tehran
Stalin, Roosavelt, and Churchhill meet to coordinate plans for a simultaneous squeeze of Germany. -
Axis surrender N Africa
The British and American forces manage to defeat the Axis forces in N Africa -
Italy Surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new gov of Italy surrendered -
Leningrad relieved
The siege of Leningrad was lifted by the Soviet army. -
Rome liberated
Allies able to liberate Rome from the Germans. -
Japanese evicted from Burma
British forces under General Slim evicted the Japanese from Burma -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany launches final defense in Belgium, but they were beaten back by the allies. -
D-day
Allies attack German foces in Normandy. -
Paris liberated
Paris liberated from the Germans. -
V2 Flying Bombs
The first V2 flying bomb killed three people in London. -
Allies cross the Rhine
The allies crossed Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the east. -
Death of Roosavelt
Succeeded by President Truman. -
Russians reach Berlin
Russians reach Beelin shortly before the US. -
Mussolini captured and excecuted.
Itallian partisans capture him and kill him. -
Hitler commits suicide
He kills himself -
German forces surrender
they surrender to the allies. -
German forces surrender pt 2
Admiral Donits tries to reach and agreement to surrender but continued to fight Russians so his request was refused -
Donits offers unconditional surrender
Revises his surrender to be unconditional -
VE day
Victory in Europe was celebrated. -
Churchill looses election
he looses the election -
Aromic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Japanese generals refused to surrender. -
Russia declares war on Japan
Russia invades Japanese ruled Manchuria -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Japanese hadnt surrendered post Hiroshima -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionally surrender to the allies ending WWII -
MacArthur accepts Japan’s surrender
US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted Japan’s surrender thus formally ending the second World War.