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The start of ww2
Japan Invades China starting World War 2. -
Munich Agreement
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement -
Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania
The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini -
Nonaggression Agreement
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the nonaggression agreement -
Germany Invades Poland
When Germany invaded Poland it started World War 2 in Europe. -
Start of the Winter War
The Soviet Union invades Finland -
Bulgaria joins the Axis
signing of the Tripartite Pact -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9 -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is in Hawaii -
US declares war on Japan
Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina, and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation. -
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States
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US troops halt the Japanese island-hopping advance towards Australia at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
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End of the North African Campaign
Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies -
The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union
The Soviets blunt the attack within a week and begin an offensive initiative of their own -
US and British troops land on Sicily
By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily -
The Fascist Grand Council deposes Benito Mussolini
It allowed Italian marshall Pietro Badoglio to form a new government -
The Badoglio government surrenders unconditionally to the Allies
The Germans immediately seize control of Rome and northern Italy, establishing a puppet Fascist regime under Mussolini -
Soviet troops liberate Kiev
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British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France
It opened a second front against the Germans -
Victory over Japan
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II
