ww2

japan invades Manchuria

Sep 18, 1937

japan started there invasion of china where they would have there own sort of holocaust killing roughly 20 million.

the Munich treaty

Sep 30, 1938

Germany was able to secure land from Czechoslovakia shorty after joining with Austria

Hitler invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler started his invasion of Poland and the streak of imperialistic actions that would follow.

France and Britain declare war

Sep 3, 1939

Britain and France declare war on Germany after the recent invasion of Poland. This was the start of the allied powers.

Hitler invades Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

in April and may of 1940 Hitler invades both Denmark and Norway

Italy joins axis powers

Jun 11, 1940

Italy joined up with the axis powers and hitler

battle of britain

Jul 10, 1940

Germany attacked Britain by using the blitzkrieg strategy but Britain defended the attacks for 3 months

operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

Hitler attempted to invade Russia this invasion lasted until 1944 with it ultimately being unsuccessful

pearl harbor

Dec 7, 1941

japan attacked a u.s harbor and destroyed three ships and brought the u.s into the war

battle of midway

Jun 4, 1942

the u.s destroyed japans first line carrier and most of its best trained naval pilots thus creating a turning point in the war.

battle of Stalingrad/ allies invasion of Africa

Nov 8, 1942

Germany was stuck in a struggle with Russia over the city of Stalingrad while the allies pushed into north Africa to divert axis forces from Russia

Italy surrenders/ Allies take Sicily

Sep 17, 1943

The Allied powers took the island of Sicily from Italy in august 1943 which directly led to the fall Mussolini and the surrender of Italy

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

D-day during D-day the allied powers combined there efforts to simultaneously attack Normandy by land air and mostly sea.

hitlers death

Apr 30, 1945

in April 1945 after the German defeat at D-day and Paris being liberated Russians were closing in on berlin and hitler killed himself to avoid capture like Mussolini

atomic bombs

Aug 14, 1945

japan had still not surrendered so in august of 1945 the USA dropped two atomic bombs on japan one in Hiroshima and one in Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on august 14th