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Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany
In 1933, Hitler was assigned the position of Chancellor. -
Blitzkrieg tactics were introduced
Using Blitzkrieg tactics, German troops invade Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Denmark and Norway over a 5 year period. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Soon after the treaty of Munich, the Germany troops began to invade Czechoslovakia . -
Hitler invades Poland
Believing that Poland should be a part of Germany, Hitler and his troops soon began to invaded different parts of Poland. -
France invaded Germany's troops (Phoney War)
Involving only French troops, the phoney war was an eight-month period at the start of World War II in which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
The United Kingdom declared war on Germany on Sunday 3 September 1939. France also declared war on Germany later the same day. -
Italy enters war on side of Axis powers
Shortly before Germany defeated France, Italy joined the war as Germany's ally. -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
The government of the United Kingdom declared war on the Empire of Japan on 8 December 1941, following the Japanese, as well as in response to the bombing of the US fleet at Pearl Harbor. -
Pearl Harbour is Bombed
The Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Allies invade North Africa
In less than a year, American ground troops will fight German forces in North Africa. -
Germany surrenders
After months of fierce fighting and heavy casualties, German forces (numbering now only about 91,000 surviving soldiers) surrender at Stalingrad. -
Allies invade Sicily (Italy)
In Sicily (Italy), after allies invade the city, it led to the collapse of Mussolini's government. Early in the morning of July 25, he was forced to resign and was arrested later that day. -
Italy surrenders
July Mussolini's government 'practically evaporated', after which its successor, led by Marshal Badoglio, 'dithered' until finally accepted the inevitable and surrendered to the Allies -
D-Day In Normandy
Known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history, the operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. -
V2 Flying Bombs
The V2 flying bombs were first successfully launched on October 3, 1942, and were fired against Paris on September 6, 1944. -
Allies cross the Rhine
This strategic crossing of the Rhine river, started on March 23rd, 1945. When Allied forces reached the Rhine they found just about everything across the river already destroyed. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Two days before Russia declares war on Japan, an atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. -
An Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
In between the 6th and 9th of August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people. -
Russia declares war on Japan
Two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the day before the second bomb fell on Nagasaki, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.