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Hitler became Chancellor
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, as chancellor of Germany. -
German Anschluss with Austria
Hitler annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. -
Germany and Russia sign pact
Stalin and Hitler sign a nonaggression pact which consisted of secret clauses for the division of Poland. -
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Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler threatened bombing Prague, unless he obtained from Hacha free passage for German troops into Czech borders -
Poland Invasion
Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to use the blitzkrieg strategy. -
Hitler invades Poland
Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. -
Britain and France declare war
Britain and France declare war on Germany. Neville Chamberlain broadcasted that the country was at war. -
'Phoney War’
.Sept 1939-May 1940 Britain’s declaration of war are referred to as the ‘phoney war’ because Britain saw no military action. -
Hitler invades Norway and Denmark
Hitler invades Norway and Denmark. To establish a Norwegian base from which to break the British naval blockade on Germany. Also to safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore. -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler launched his blitzkrieg against Holland and Belgium. -
Chamberlain resigns
Chamberlain resigned after pressure from Labour members for a more active prosecution of the war. -
Dunkirk
British commander-in-chief, General Gort, had been forced to retreat to the coast at Dunkirk. -
Italy enters war
Italy entered the war on the side of the Axis powers. Italy is hoping that they get rich pickings from the spoils of war. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. -
US and Britain declare war on Japan
Britain and the United States declared war on Japan. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Paris liberated
The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war.
