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Italy turns Fascist
Mussolini and his black shirts take over Italy -
Manchurian Crisis
Japanese invade Chinese province of Manchuria which makes Japanese fascists rise -
Hitler Gains Power
Hitler gains power over Germany and turns it into a fascist country -
Nuremburg Laws in Germany
Antisemitism is now stronger in Germany -
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Axis Powers are now created -
Anchluss
Germany takes over Austria -
Kristelnaught
Translating to "Night of broken glass" is where German civilians would destroy buildings such as shops and kill many Jewish people -
Ghettos
Germans start moving Jewish people into ghettos and would live in small rooms -
Soviet-Nazi Non Aggression Pact
Stalin and Hitler decided not to attack each other and to divide Poland between each other -
Czechoslovakia
Falls to Germany -
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Concentration and Extermination Camps
Jews were moved into camps, forced into labor, depleted of human rights, and sent into extermination camps to be killed -
World War 2 begins
Nazi Germany invading Poland started the war -
War is declared
Britain and France declare war against Germany -
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Battle of the Atlantic
Important supply lines for Allies constantly attacked by Axis whole war long -
Canada gets involved
Canada declares war on Germany -
Battle of Britain
Germans "Luftwaffe" attacked Britain but the RAF, RCAF, and Polish air forces frustrated them and made them stop -
Axis Land Update
Owned most of mainland Europe -
Battle of Hong Kong
Canadians were stationed in Hong Kong to protect British territory from Japanese. Canadians surrendered and were taken prisoners of war and were tortured for 3 and a half years -
Operation Barbossa
Hitler turns back on Soviet-Nazi Non Aggression Pact and takes an assault on Russia -
Attack on Pearl Harbour
Japanese Air force attacks US largest naval base without having any declaration of war before the attack -
Americans get involved
America declares war on Japan and Germany -
Island Hopping
Americans liberate the tiny islands in the Pacific from the Japanese and start moving towards Japan -
Dieppe Raid
Allies attacked Germany to open a western front by attacking on the Northern French Coast but ended up getting 3000 casualties from the well prepared Germans -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany wanted to take over the city because it was Stalin's and were becoming successful but the Soviets stood their ground and won the battle where they then started pushing west towards Germany -
American Naval Battles
Americans start moving east in the Pacific towards the Japanese -
Battle of Ortana
Allies attacked Germany and liberated Ortana -
France gets liberated
Allies liberate France -
Battle of Guam
America fights Japan and liberates Guam -
Kamikaze Pilots
Attacks to resist the Americans -
Battle of the Scheldt
1st and 2nd Canadian army fought Germany back and liberated the Schedlt River and after that they Antwerp, Amsterdam and other Dutch cities until they liberate the Netherlands -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany attacked the allies in a attempt to take the Antwerp back but fail -
Manhattan Project
Secret plans of Atomic bombs made by the US -
D-Day
British, Canadians, American, and other allied forces attacked the Normandy beaches and started the liberation of France -
Paris gets liberated
Liberated by the allies -
Japanese Islands
Imo Jima and Okinawa are liberated by the Americans which are close to Japan -
Roosevelt Dies
Truman takes over presidency and is introduced to the Manhattan Project -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Didn't wanted to be humiliated like Mussolini was -
Soviet Arrives at Berlin
Berlin surrenders -
V-E Day
The Nazis fall and there is peace in Europe "Victory in Europe Day" -
Trinity Test
Tested 1 out of 3 atomic bombs in Los Alamos, New mexico and the result was successful -
Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
America dropped a bomb on Hiroshima called the "Little boy" in an attempt for Japan to surrender but Japan resists the surrender -
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
America drops a bomb called "Fat Man" on Nagasaki in an attempt to make Japan surrender and are successful in doing so -
United Nations
Formed into another attempt to hold peace into the world -
WWll ends (V-J Day)
"Victory over Japan Day"
Many Japanese commited suicide because they have failed their country