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German Anschluss With Austria
Hutler wanted to unify all German speaking people. He annexed Austria and wanted to liberate the German people from Czechoslovakia -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Despite assurances given by hitler in the treaty of Munich he invaded Czechoslovakia -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France, and Mussolini agreed Hitler should have the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. -
Britain rearms and reassures poland
Britain began rearming and had a secret radar. -
Russia and Germany sign pact
Hitler and stalin signed a non aggression pact which divided Poland. -
Phoney War
Months following Britains declaration of war on Germany -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Occupied Denmark and Norway, also broke the British naval blockade on Germany. -
British rout Italians in N. Africa
Italian forces in North Africa were routed by the British led by General Wavell -
Blitzkrieg
Lighting war against Holland and Belgium. Hitlers fast battle tactic -
Chamberlain Resigns
He fully supports Churchill -
Dunkirk(Operation Dynamo)
380k retreating soldiers were saved from the german army pinning them to the coast -
Italy enter war on side of Axis Powers
Italy hopes to get rich from winning the war -
Triparite Pact
The pact of mutual alliance was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
Italian forces in North Africa were routed by the British led by General Wavell. -
Hitler attacks Russia- Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent 3 mil soldiers and 3500 tanks into russia. Broke peace with Russians never alerted them that they were gonna attack them. -
Pearl Harbor
Japapese attack pearl harbor hawaii, an american naval base and kill over 3k americans -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
Britain and the United States declared war on Japan -
Allies in N Africa
General Alexander was given a hand written directive from Churchill that his main directive was to be the destruction of the German-Italian army commanded by Field-Marshall Rommel together with all its supplies ands establishments in Egypt and Libya. As soon as sufficient material had been built up. Alexander handed the campaign over to general montgomery -
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 -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Russians won their first victory against Germany at the battle of Stalingrad -
Allies push into N Africa
British and American forces under the command of General dwight Eisenhower landed in the NW of Africa and assumed control of French Morocco and Algeria. They gradually closed in on the Germans -
Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment followed by an armored attack. He then proceeded to chase the routed enemy some 1500 miles across the desert -
Allies invade Sicily
The allied troops had won the island of Sicily -
Allies meet at Tehran
Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchhill met to co-ordinate plans for a simultaneous squeeze on Germany. They also discussed post war settlements. Churchill mistrusted Stalin; Roosevelt anxious to show that the West would not stand against Russia, went along with Stalins wishes for a second front in France and no diversions further east. Churchill was over-ruled and the fate of post-war Eastern Europe was thus decided -
Axis surrender N Africa
The british and American forces managed to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa -
Italy Surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. The Germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. This blocked any further allied advance through Italy. -
Italy Surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. the germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. This blocked any further allied advance through Italy -
Rome Liberated
Although Italy had surrendered in September, it was only now that the allies were able to liberate Rome from the Germans. -
Japanese evicted from Burma
British forces under General Slim, with help from guerilla-fighting Chindits led by Orde Wingate, evicted the Japanese from Burma -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of Belgium. However they were beaten back by the allies. -
Leningrad Relieved
The siege of Leningrad was lifted by the soviet army. -
D-Day
The allies launched an attack on Germanys forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. For the allies it was essential to first capture a port. -
Paris Liberated
The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans -
V2 Flying bombs
V2 bombs killed 3 people in London -
Death of Roosevelt
President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman -
Russians reach Berlin
The Russians reached Berlin shortly before the US forces -
Allies cross the rhine
The allies crossed the Rhine while Soviet forces were approaching Berlin from the East -
Mussolini captured and executed
Italian partisans captured Mussolini and executed him -
Hitler commits suicide
The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress, Eva Braun, who he had, at the last minute, made his wife. -
German forces surrender
German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies -
VE Day
Victory in Europe was celebrated -
Churchill loses election
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Island of Hiroshima -
Russia Declares war on Japan
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagaski
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Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionally surrender -
War is over