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Japan invades Mancheria.
Japan needs resources, so they invade Mancheria. This violates the Kellogg-Briand Pact (which made war illegal). -
Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia.
Italy invades for oil, and later begins to form alliances. -
Germany adds Austria to the Anschluss.
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Germany, Italy, Great Britian, and France sign the Munich agreement.
This forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany. -
The Germans occupy the Czech lands.
This violates the Munich agreement. -
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression pact.
They also decide to divide eastern Europe into spheres of influence. (Poland) -
Germany invades Poland
This is the start of WW2 in Europe. (They invade from the west.) -
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
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Italy enters the war.
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The Battle of Britian ends.
Nazi Germany is defeated in the battle with the RAF vs. Luftwaffe air forces. -
The Italians invade British-controlled Egypt.
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The Germans send troops to Northern Africa.
This is to reinforce the Italians down there. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
Japan wants oil, and also wants to show off to Hitler. American knew it was going to happen because they broke their code, but they didn't know when it would. Everyone thought they would attack in the Phillipines. (20 warships and 200 aircrafts were destroyed, and 2,400 Americans lost their lives.) -
The United States declares war on Japan.
This finally enters the U.S. into WW2. -
Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers declare war on the U.S.
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The British and U.S. navies halt the Japanese naval advance at Midway.
Japan wanted Midway so they could reach the Pearl Harbor and attack it AGAIN. We broke their code, and we were waiting for them at Midway after they left the Aleutian Islands. We took over their base after we let them finish building it. -
The U.S. halts Japan's island-hopping toward Australia.
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U.S. and British troops land on Sicily and later control it.
The Allies, led by George S. Patton took control of Sicily in about a month. -
British and U.S. troops land on the beaches in Normandy, France.
They open a "Second Front" against the Germans. They were led by Omar Bradley. Hitler was shocked, and refused to send reinforcements. -
Allied troops reach Paris.
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The Germans launch their final offensive: The Battle of the Bulge
They formed a bulge into the Allied teritory, and made impressive gains at first. The Allies eventually overcome the Germans, and they surrender. -
The U.S. troops cross the Rhine River.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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V-E Day
When the U.S. formally excepts Nazi Germany's surrender. -
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Japan formally surenders, ending WW2.
