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Japanese invaded Manchuria
The Japanese brutally attack Manchuria in their attempt to gain resources. -
The Holocaust begins
The jews are being rounded up and placed into concentration camps. -
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The Holocaust
Killing many people and races that were considered inferior to Nazi Germany. -
Nazi Germany annexed Austria known as Anschless
Austria gladly accepts the annexation from Nazi Germany. -
Nazi Germany annexed Czech
British, America, French give this land to Hitler in an attempt to quench his thirst for power. -
Hitler and Soviet Union invaded Poland
Hitler goes against compromise and invades Poland. Which invokes war between Germany and Allies. -
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Sitzkrieg
"phony war" -
Operation Barbarossa
The German's code name for their attack on the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese.
After this attack America joins the war. -
America declared war against Germany and Italy
America enters the war with the allies of Britian and the Soviet Union. -
Battle of Midway
Japanese attacks Midway. -
Battle of El Alamein
North Africa is attacked. -
Stalingrad falls
Nazi Germany captures stalingrad. -
Guadalcanal
First offensive attack from America. -
Operation Torch
Allied forces attack North French Africa. -
The seige of Leningrad
Nazi Germany completely takes over Leningrad. -
V-E day
The war in Europe is over. Naze Germany falls. -
D-Day
Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy. -
Iwo Jima
The capturing of Iwo Jima from Japan. -
The Holocaust ends.
The horrible concentration camps for the jews are no longer operational. -
Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
This event kills 78,000 people and injuring 100,000 more. -
Nagasaki is bombed.
This event killed 40,000 people and injuring even more. -
Japan surrenders.
The war finally comes to an end.
