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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
An explosion happened on September 18 1931 which destroyed a railway track owned by Japan near the Chinese Mukden. Japan blamed China for the incident and used it as an opportunity to invade them. -
Russia and Germany Sign Pact
On August 23 1939, Germany and Russia signed an agreement called The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, its an agreement between countries to not attack each other. -
Hitler Invades Poland
On September 1 1939, Adolf Hitler a German politician who was the dictator of Germany launched a surprised attack on Poland. It was a a joint attack made by Germany along with Soviet Union and Slovak republic which resulted to Poland being divided . The invasion lasted from Sept 1- Oct 6. This event is also one of the reason why WW2 started -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
on September 3 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany 2 days after Germany invaded Poland -
Phoney war
the name phoney war refers to the first 6 month of the ww2 -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
on April 9 1940, the German Nazi planned to invade Denmark and Norway, and on the same day the Denmark surrendered and was controlled by the Nazi to invade Norway -
Chamberlain resigns
chamberlain a prime minister had an illness which caused him to resign on may 10 1937, he then died of cancer on November 1940 -
Italy enters war on the side of the axis power
it was june 10 1940 when italy joins the war on the side of the axis power along with germany, italy and japan -
France signs armistice with germany
France surrendered to Germany and signed a truced on 1940, June 22 -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany's invasion of Russia also known as Operation Barbarossa happen on June 22 1941 -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
On 1941 December 8, US and Britain declared war on Japan right after Japan attacked British as well as American territories in south east Asia -
Italy surrenders
Italy surrender to the Allies on September 29 1942 and later declared war on Germany on the side of the allies -
V2 Flying bombs
the v2 rockets was created by Wernher bon Braun and was first launched on october 3 1944 and used it to attack paris on september 6 1944 -
Russians reach Berlin
it was on April 20 1945 the Russians bombarded berlin and didn't stop until they surrendered -
Mussolini captured and executed
on april 28 1945, an Italian dictator; Mussolini was captured and was shot at the back -
Germany surrenders
after Hitler died the Germany believed there was no way they could win so they didn't have choice but to surrender -
atomic bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on august 6 1945 which killed thousands of people in Japan -
Russia declares war on japan
right after Hiroshima and Nagasaki where bombarded, Soviet unions declared war on Japan on which happened on august 7/8 1945 -
Japanese surrender
it was because of the atomic bombs that was dropped that made Japan surrendered on September, 2, 1945