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Germany invades Poland , setting off war in Europe . The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations ( German Blitzkrieg)
http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/invasion-of-poland.asp
Britain and France sought the route of negotiations of effort to contain whims of Hitler. Later followed by the Soviet offensive on September 7th . German forces numbered 60 divisions with 2,750 tanks against Poland forces. At the end of fighting 66,000 Polish defenders were killed. -
German invaded France and captured Paris
http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/invasion-of-france.asp
Germany crushed any Alliance Resistance along the way. Invasion began at 2:30 am. Germans were able to commit 141 total divisions. The BEF was made of 10 divisions under french command -
Germany bombed London and and the battle of Britian began
https://www.google.com/search?q=Germany+bombed+london&oq=Germany+bombed+london&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5989j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#safe=active&q=Germany+bombed+london+and+the+battle+of+britain+began
Defended the United Kingdom. United states won the Battle of Britain began . The battle of Britain was the first major war of ww2. It was part of a long series of bombing. -
Lend Lease Act
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act
Lend Lease Act was on March 11th 1941. The U.S could send Military Aid to foreign countries during WWII. Britain , the Soviet Union, China, Brazil and many other countries received weapons under this law. The Neutrality Act of 1939 enabled the British to keep fighting until events led America into the conflict. -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Just before 8:am Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American Naval Base. The American Naval Base was located near Honolulu,Hawaii .The barrage lasted 2 hours.President Franklin D Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on Japan. -
U.S declared war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-states-declares-war-on-japan
President Franklin D Roosevelt declared war on Japan after they bombed our Naval Base in Pearl Harbor. Civilian defense groups were mobilized. FDR signed the declaration at 4:10pm. Roosevelt gave a 10 minute speech to persuade congress to declare war on Japan -
Germany Declared war on the U.S
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-declares-war-on-the-united-states
Hitler declares war on the U.S after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Which made the the U.S Get involved European conflicts. He thought that the U.S would declare war on him so he beat them to the punch.The U.S was already attacking German U-boats.