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Germany Invades poland
German troops crossed the border with tanks and artillery began a merciless bombing of Warsaw. This begins World War II -
Britain and France declare war
Britain and France declare war on Germany -
United States fleet moved to pearl Harbor
In May 1940 president FDR moves the U.S. navy fleet from San DIego, California to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii -
Hitler Invades France
Britain forces retreat from France, German armies defeat French armies. France doesn't surrender -
Italy attacks France
Benito Mussolini's Italian forces attack France from south. France finally surrenders -
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Holocaust
Nazi government forces jews into ghettos and concentration camps and from 1941-1945 kill 6 million jews -
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes destroyed/sunk 19 ships including 8 battleships. United States declares war on Japan -
Italy Surrenders
The Italian government officially surrenders to the Allied powers; still, German forces occupy much of Italy. -
preparation for D-Day
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. -
Rome Falls
Rome falls to Allied forces. -
D-Day
British, American, French, and Canadian forces fought over a 60 mile stretch of beach in Normandy -
Paris liberated
United States forces and a Free French division liberate Paris from Nazi control -
Big three in Yalta
Allied Powers meet in Yalta to discuss Soviet dominance in eastern Europe, this results the break up of Germany and dual administration in Berlin -
FDR dies
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of cerebral hemorrhage -
Mussolini is Murdered
Italian insurgents take Mussolini hostage, murder him, and mutilate his body -
Hitler dies
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin -
Germany is defeated
Germany unconditionally surrendered its armed forces therefore ending WWII in Europe -
First atomic bomb detonation
the "Manhattan project" comes to an explosive end -
First Atomic bomb dropped
American Bomber Enola Gay dropped a 5 ton atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima -
Japan Surrenders
Tokyo asks for peace on the condition that Emperor Hirohito will retain his throne. The Allies accept.
