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Poland Invasion
Germany invades Poland -
Soviet-Finland war
Finland surrenders, soviets won -
Oil exports
The United States cuts off oil exports to Japan -
German Bombing
German warplanes begin bombing London every night for 57 nights -
Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a treaty that makes the three countries allies against England and France -
Warsaw Ghetto
More than 400,000 Polish Jews are sent to the Warsaw Ghetto -
U.S. and England
U.S. is no longer a neutral nation, the United States now alies with England -
German invade USSR
More than three million German troops invade the Soviet Union -
Reuben James
German submarine torpedoes the U.S. Navy destroyer Reuben James -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
Pearl Harbor causes war
Three days after Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. -
Bombing Japan
Sixteen U.S. bombers make the first bombing raid against Japan -
U.S. Camps
U.S. government forces thousands of Japanese-Americans to move from to relocation camps in isolated areas -
French North Africa Invasion
U.S. and British troops invade French North Africa and later link up with the British Eighth Army -
Yamamoto Killed
U.S. code breakers intercept a Japanese radio message saying Admiral Yamamoto is flying to the Solomon Islands. He is killed when U.S. fighters shoot down his plane. -
U.S. Ships
The U.S. Navy announces that all warships that sunk at Pearl Harbor have been repaired and returned to sea except for U.S.S. Arizona, U.S.S. Utah, and U.S.S. Oklahoma -
Italy Surrenders
Italy surrenders but German troops keep fighting -
Japans Aircraft defeated
Japan’s last aircraft carrier forces are defeated in battle with U.S. -
D-Day
Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France -
Battle of the Bulge
German forces make a surprised attack on regions of Belgium -
Battle won by Americans
the largest land battle ever fought by the U.S. Army, Americans won Battle of the Bulge -
Street Battles
Soviet troops enter Berlin and street battles start to occur -
Benoito Mussolini
Italian fighters capture and kill Benito Mussolini -
Freed Survivors
U.S. soldiers free 32,000 survivors in the Dachau concentration camp -
Adolf Hitler
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler kills himself -
Surrendered
Germany surrenders -
Atomic Bomb
The first atomic bomb for combat use is assembled on Tinian Island -
Bombs Dropped
Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Japan
Japan surrenders -
Document Signed
Japanese officials sign the surrender document on the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Harbor
