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'Pact of Steel'
Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy. -
Invasion of Poland
Germany and Soviet Union invaded Poland for both sides, starting WWII -
Australia get involved
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. -
bye, bye Poland
Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland. -
Evacuation at Dunkirk
Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins. -
Dunkirk ends
Germans bomb Paris and Dunkirk evacuation ends. -
Italy wants war
Norway surrenders to the Nazis and Italy declares war on Britain and France. -
Ocean Attack
German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic. -
Get'em Britan
First British air raid on Berlin. -
Allies WINNING
Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians. -
German's in North Africa
First units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in North Africa. -
Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt and Churchill announce the Atlantic Charter. -
Yellow stars
Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars. -
gas chambers
First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. -
Kiev
Nazis take Kiev. -
massive extermination
Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev. -
Attack at Pearl Habor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbon and imediatly afterwards USA declares war with Japan. -
WAR!
Hitler declares war on the United States. -
D-day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but mo -
Great Britian and US celebrate
Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Japan surrenders
Formal Surrender of Japan