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Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country -
Britain rearms and reassures Poland
Britain had negun to rearm and had a highly secert radar early warning system installed along the east coast. Consciption was introduced and assurances were given to Poland, who began to be threaten by the Fuhrer -
Russia and Germany sign pact
Hitler and Stalin sign a nonaggression pact stating a secert clauses for the division of Poland -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declare war on Germany. Neville Chamberlain broadcasted the announcement that the country was at war -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway to safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore -
Italy enters the war
Italy entered the war on the side of the Axis powers -
France signs armistice with Germany
The French, Marshall Petain, signed an Armistice with Germany taking France, which had been devastated, out of the was and into German occupation. -
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Battle of Britain
During July Hitler sent his Luftwaffe bombers to attack British ports. During August the attacks on shipping continued but bombing raids were concentrated on RAF airfields. In September Hitler hoped to destory the morale of the British people. Night bombing was an improvemnet to sunlight bombing. -
Tripartite Pact
This is a pact between Germany, Italy and Japan -
Bristish rout Italians in North Africa
Italians were forced out of North Africa by the British lead by General Wavell -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the US pacific fleet in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii -
Britain and US delcares war on Japan
Britain and the United States declared war on Japan. -
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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. -
Italy surremders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA -
D-Day
The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Western France -
Mussolini capturrd
Mussolini was captured and excuted -
Hitler commits suicide
The German leader, Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
German forces surrender
German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima -
Russia declares war on Japan
Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria. -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war.