WWII

  • Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.

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    WWII

  • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.

  • Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

  • Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.

  • Germany, Italy, and Japan create the Axis Alliance.

  • The US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

  • The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.

  • Italy surrenders to the Allies.

  • Paris is liberated from German control.

  • The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge, but they lose to the Allies.

  • US President Franklin Roosevelt dies.

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

  • Germany surrenders to the Allies.

  • The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

  • Japan surrenders to the Allies ending the war.