WWII

By thelittleblueflower

  • Japan conquers Manchuria

    Japan conquers Manchuria

  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

  • Franklin Roosevelt inaugurated for his first term as president

    Franklin Roosevelt inaugurated for his first term as president

  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China

  • : Munich Pact: To avert war, Britain and France give in to Hitler's claim to the Sudetenland

    : Munich Pact: To avert war, Britain and France give in to Hitler's claim to the Sudetenland

  • World War II begins following Germany's invasion of Poland

    World War II begins following Germany's invasion of Poland

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • : Japanese planes and submarines attack the American fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

    : Japanese planes and submarines attack the American fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide in an underground bunker in Berlin

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide in an underground bunker in Berlin

  • The Enola Gay, a B-29, drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A second bomb is later dropped on Nagasaki.

    The Enola Gay, a B-29, drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A second bomb is later dropped on Nagasaki.

  • Japan formally surrenders in a ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay

    Japan formally surrenders in a ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay