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Japanese invade the city of Manchurian
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Italy and Germany sign a treaty then later the axis is formed
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This was an anti communist pact between Germany and Japan
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The Chinese's national revolutionary army and the Imperial army of Japan fight
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Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France Sign and agreement that Czechoslovakia has to surrender their borders
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After Czechoslovakia surrendered their borders Germany began to move in and control the country
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Great Britain and Poland join forces because the agreement for Czechoslovakia was broken
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W.H. Auden wrote a poem about the outbreak of WWII
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Britain declares war on Germany after Germany invades Poland
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The Soviet Union Invades Poland without any declaration of war
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The Soviet Union declares war on Finland and begins to invade them, this war was the Russo-Finnish war
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The Germans were beginning to use their Navy to try to take over Norway
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Italy declares war on France
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France allows the Japanese to use their land and airports etcetera, for military uses only
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Italy sends their forces to Egypt to invade and conquer Egypt
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The tripartite pact was signed in Berlin to officially form the Axis power
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The fighting continues all over mainly in Europe but it all over the world
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The United States passes an act that makes it so then we can give resources to other allied countries
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Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Act which officially joins them on the axis forces
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Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Axis forces
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Now the actual attack began when the axis invaded the Soviet Union
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The Japanese Bombed the United States Pearl Harbor, this is when the U.S. wanted to join the war officially
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The United States declares war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor happened
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Midway was a very strategic position owned by the U.S. and the Japanese tried to take it but ultimately lost
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Fighting continues throughout the world and the Germans continue to advance
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The second battle of El Alamein begins and lasts only one day
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Operation Torch began to try to take back the part of France that were lost
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The Axis had been fighting in Northern Africa and they were losing so they ultimately had to surrender their troops in Africa
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The Soviets create a counter offense to fight back against the Germans
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The Allies begin to push their forces into Axis controlled Europe docking off of the coast of Italy
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Italy ends their alliance with Nazi Germany
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More forces land in Italy to have a better position in the war
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The Allies thought they had the upper hand with their position but the Germans saw it coming and had major forces against them
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The German troops occupy Hungary and the leader of Hungary remains in power
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The Allied troops push farther into Italy and gain control of Rome
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The Invasion of Normandy happened now better known as D-Day
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Operation Dragoon was the operation that the allies had been planning to try and take of Provence
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The Third army was now pushing into Normandy
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The Battle of the Bulge was a German attack that was being planned out as their last ditch effort
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Hungary was in control by their leader but then the switch happened and now it was being controlled by nazi Germany
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The U.S. landed on Leyte even after a few Japanese bombing raids
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In the Germans Fin al efforts they began the battle of the Bulge as a final push to conquer France
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The Allied forces were beginning to push forward to the Rhine river when they got there, there was still one bridge up and the U.S. began to deploy troops very rapidly across the river
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The Soviet Union stormed Austria and they began to circle Berlin to cut the head off the snake
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Adolf Hitler Commits suicide in his underground bunker
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Germany officially surrenders to the allies and brings an end to the conflict in Europe also leaving Japan to be the last Axis nation
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This day commemorates when Germany surrenders to the allied forces
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The plan to drop Second atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki was made
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The plan was carried through on the ninth of August and the Atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
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Japan Surrenders officially bringing an end to World War Two