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Anschluss (March 1938)
Unification of Germany and Austria -
Munich Conference
Great Britain and France give Hitler the Sudetenland -
Nonaggression Pact
Secret agreement between German leader Hitler and Soviet Leader Stalin not to attack one another and to divide Poland. Germany and USSR agree not to fight. -
Germany Invades Poland
Start of WW2 -
Miracle at Dunkirk
More than 300,000 troops were rescued from the harbor beaches by people in privately owned boats. 338.000 troops escaped German capture. -
Paris captured
France surrenders to Germany -
Battle of Britain
An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance. 3 month bombing of Great Britain. -
Germany invades USSR
Germany violates Nonaggression treaty. -
Germany Declares war on U.S.
One day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. This prompted Germany to declare war on the United States, which, in turn, led to the United States to declare war on Germany on December 11, 1941. -
Battle of Stalingrad
World War II battle between invading German forces and Soviet defenders for control of Stalingrad; each side sustained hundreds of thousands of casualties; Germany's defeat marked turning point in the war. -
Kasserine Pass
First US Battle against Germany (Horrible Loss) -
Rome falls
Italy surrender sand Mussolini is executed -
D-Day
Allies land at Normandy- Liberation of France -
Battle at the Bulge
Last German Offense - Allies win -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered. WW2 ends in europe
