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Hitler takes control of Germany
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The Axis is started
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on October 25, 1936 and the Rome-Berlin Axis begins. -
Japan invades China
Japan invades China in 1937, initiating World War 2 in the Pacific. -
France and Britain guarantee Polish protection
On March 31, 1939, France and Britain pair together in order to insure the protection of Poland's borders. -
Germany and Soviet Union sign a non-agression pact
In order to keep the peace between the two world powers, they sign a non-agression pact months before the beginning of the world war. -
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Germany invades Poland under Nazi rule
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France and Britain declare war on Germany
Only two days Germany's attack, France and Great Britain declare war on Germany due to a pact that had been signed earlier. -
Japan joins the Axis
On September 27, 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, to become a part of the Axis. -
Lend Lease Act put into action
America makes an act that allows them to lend weapons to the Allies wile remailning neutral. -
Fair Employment Practice Committee
As a part of Executive Order 8802, the FEPC is created, banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan launches a surprise attack on Amaerca's Pearl Harbor, causing them to enter the war. -
Double V Campaign begins
In America, blacks who are discriminated against beging the "Double V Campaign"; one V for the victory away, and another for the Victory at home. -
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Mannhattan Project
Research and development of the first nuclear bomb happpens during this span. -
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Battle of Midway
Japan attacks America again only six months after Pearl Harbor but is defeated. -
Hiler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide to avoid post-war consequences as well as avoid having to surrender. -
Fall of Berlin
The Final major offensive of WW2, as Germany surrenders and Adolf Hitler and his fiollowers commit suicide. -
German forces surrender
All German soldiers surrender. to end the war on the European front. The end of the war was near. -
First atom bomb droped
America drops te first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Jappan in order to end the war. -
Second atom bomb dropped
America drops the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. -
Japan surrenders
After being devestaded by two atomic bombs in the space of 3 days, Japan surrenders. -
UN formed
In response to the end of the wat, the UNited Nations is formed to prevent and more wrorld wars.
