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E Munich Conference
Great Britain and France give Hitler Sudetenland -
E Anschluss
Unification of Austria and Germany -
E Nonaggression Pact
Germany and USSR agree not to fight -
E Germany Invades Poland
Start of WWII -
E Battle of Britain
3 month bombing of Great Britain -
E Miracle at Dunkirk
338,000 troops escape German Capture -
E Paris Captured
France surrenders to Germany -
P Pearl Harbor
Japan's unprovoked attack on the U.S. -
P U.S. Declares War on Japan
FDR makes a speech to congress "...a date that will live in infamy" -
E Germany Declares War on U.S.
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR -
E Germany invades USSR
Violates Nonaggression Treaty -
P Doolittle Raid
American bombs fall in Japan for the first time -
P Battle of Midway
Turning point in the war with Japan -
E Kasserine Pass
First U.S. battle against Germany (Bad loss) -
E Battle of Stalingrad
10-month battle ends which is the turning point in the war -
E Rome Falls
Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed -
E D-Day
Allies Land at Normandy -
P MacArthur returns to the Philippines
Famous speech "I have returned" -
E Battle of the Bulge
Last German offense - Allies win -
P Iwo Jima
The island captured by the U.S. and the Marines raised the flag -
E V-E Day
WWII ends in Europe -
P Atomic Bomb Dropped
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima -
P V-J Day
WWII ends in Japan