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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japan's empire of the Kwantung army invaded Manchuria because of an explosion that happened on a railway track. The Japanese blamed the Chinese nationalists so they invade Manchuria. -
Adolf hitler becomes chancellor of germany
Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany by German President Paul von Hindenburg. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia after an agreement with the Munich for Hitler to have a border area of Czechoslovakia. -
Phoney War
the phoney war was a small fight at the start of ww2 because of the British air forces in France. -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invading Poland was an attack by Nazi Germany, soviet union and the Slovak republic. -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Nazi Germany attacked Norway and Denmark -
Dunkirk
over 338,000 British and French troops were evacuated from Dunkirk because of German bombers above the beach -
Italy enters war on side of Axis powers
Italy joined war as an ally of Germany -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
the UK government declared war on the Japan empire because of the Japanese attacks on the British. -
Operation Barbarossa
the soviet union was invaded by the Nazi Germany and other axis allies this was called operation Barbarossa. -
Pearl Harbour
the attack on the pearl harbour was on the US by the Japan airforce. -
Italy surrenders
Italy surrenders and changes side to the Allies. -
Russians reach Berlin
soviet troops attack Berlin and placed the soviet flag on the roof of Berlins famous building called Berlin Reichstag -
V.E Day
V.E day also known as victory in Europe is a celebration for the Allies for the end of WW2 in Europe -
D-Day in Normandy
D-Day was an invasion by the US, UK and Canada on the Normandy beaches and around 4,000 Allies died. -
Battle of the Bulge
German forces had a surprise attack on Belgium, France and Luxembourg but the allies won the battle. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan around 70,000 people died from this bombing. -
Russia declares on Japan
the soviet union declares war on Japan just one day after Japan was bombed. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
the city of Nagasaki in Japan had an atomic bomb dropped on it by Americans -
Japanese surrender
the empire of Japan, Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan was surrendering from the war.