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WW2 Attack on Pearl Harbor. 1937
Japan invades North China from Manchuria -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country. -
WW2 Selective Service Act of 1940
Congress passes the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 by one vote. -
WW2 America entering War in 1941
April 27, 1941 Germany captures Athens, Greece. -
Hitler attacks Russia.
Hitler sends 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks to Russia. The Russians were taken by suprise as they signed a treaty with Germany. -
WW2 French Jews are getting shipped to Auschwitz.
The start of deportation of French Jews to Auschwitz. The Filipino Government arrives in Austrailia. -
Battle of Midway
The US defeated the Japanese navy at the battle of Midway. Following the victory, the US navy was able to push the Jaoanese back. -
Allies invade Sicily
British and US forces invade Sicily. -
Normandy invasion of June 1944
The greatest invasion in history begins just after midnight as the first 24,000 paratroopers flown over the channel in more then 1,000 aircraft are dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The Japenese refuses to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
