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WWII Events
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First Neutrality Act (passed)
It prohibited the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the U.S to foreighn nations. -
Signing of the Rome-Berlin Axis
Coalition formed between Italy and Germany that linked two fascist countries together. -
Signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact
Anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Germany which was directed against the 3rd Communist International. -
Hitler declares Austria apart of the Third Reich
Hitler declares Austria apart of Nazi Germany -
The Munich Conference is called
The Munich Conference came as a result of a long series of negotiations. Adolf Hitler had demanded the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia; British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tried to talk him out of it. -
German troops invade Czechoslovakia
German troops invade Czechoslovakia -
Mussolini invades Albania
The Italian invasion of Albania was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom. The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. -
Germany attacks Poland
German troops parade through invading Poland. -
The Soviet Union attacks Finland
The Soviet Union attacks Finland on November 30 -
Germans invade Denmark and Norway
On this day in 1940, German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities. -
Winston Churchill is named Prime Minister of Great Britain
Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of Great Britain -
Germans invade the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
Germany continues to invade other contries including the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. -
Donkerque is Evacuated
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II. -
Mussolini declares war on France and Great Britain
Benito declares war on France and Great Britain after with-holding former allegience with either side. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force. -
Japan, Germany, and Italy form an alliance
Japan forms an alliance with Germany and Italy -
Erwin Rommel takes control of Lybia
Erwin Rommel gains control over Lybia. -
Germany attacks the Soviet Union
Under the code name operation Barbarossa Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest German military. -
Roosevelt and Churchill sign the Alantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland. -
Pearl Harbor is attacked
Japan drops bombs on Pearl Harbor -
US Congress declares war on Japan
After the attack on Pearl Harbor the US declares war on Japan entering WWII. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Wannsee Conference
Ameeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. -
Bataan Death March
The forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war. -
Battle of Midway
United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II.An important turning point in the Pacific. -
D-Day
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day. -
MacArthur lands in the Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur, President Osmeña, and staff land at Palo. -
V-E Day
ictory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference, 1945. The Big Three—Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
V-J Day
On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.
