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Anschluss
Unification of Austria and Germany -
Munich Conference
Sudetenland is given up to Hitler by France and Great Britain -
Non Aggression Pact
Germany and USSR Agree not to fight -
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Germany Invade Poland
Start of world war 2 -
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Miracle at Dunkirk
338,000 troops escape German capture -
Paris Captured
France surrenders to Germany -
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Battle of Britain
3 month bombing of Great Britain -
Hitler allies with Japan
Hoped for help against the USSR -
Germany invades USSR
Violated Nonaggression Pact -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked US naval base -
US declare war on Japan
FDR makes a speech to congress -
Germany declares war on US
Response to Provocations by the US -
Doolittle Raid
First bombs dropped on Japan -
Battle of Midway
A turning point for Japan -
Battle of Stalingrad
10 month long battle, ends turning point in war -
Kasserine Pass
First US Battle against Germany -
Rome Falls
Italy surrenders and executes Mussolini -
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D-Day
Allies land at Normandy, Liberations of France -
MacArthur returns to the Pillipines
famous speech "I have returned" -
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Battle of the Bulge
Last German Offensive, Allies Win -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Island captured by US, Marines raise flag -
V-E Day
WW2 Ends in Europe -
Atomic bomb dropped
120,000 dies in Hiroshima -
V-J Day
WW2 Ends in Japan