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Invasion on Poland
September 1, 1939 is a major event that started the World War II. Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of Britain, believed that faced with the prospect of war against Britain and France, Hitler would stop his aggression. Chamberlain was wrong. German troops invaded Poland. -
Declaration of War
After Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany honoring their commitment to Poland. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, of America, invokes the Neutrality Act but notes, "Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience." The 3rd of September was the official day whereas the World War II began, but keep in mind that the invasion of Poland initiated it. -
Hitler defeats France
There is no specific date of when Nazi Germany defeated France, all there is is that Hitler managed to push Britain's army out off France and then defeat the French army. A big victory for the Nazis. -
American fleet moved to Pearl Harbor
In the month of May, (no specific dates), President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of America, moved the United States Pacific Fleet base from San Diego, California, to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
For every action, there is a counter action.
Guess what will happen to the Fleet later on. -
Hitler's Attack On Great Britain
After the defeat of France, Great Britain stood alone against the Nazis. Winston Churchill, the new Prime Minister of Britain, had already declared multiple times that they would never give in. Hitler's plan was to first wipe out the Royal Air Force,(RAF), and then land over 250,000 soldiers on England's shores in attempts of overcoming the European power nation. He even began bombing the big cities and aircraft factories, etc, in 1940 but failed to win. Battle of Britain ended in May 10, 1941. -
Japan Joins Axis
When America extends the Japanese embargo to include iron and steel, the Japanese respond to the embargoes imposed by the United States by joining the German-Italian coalition. -
Operation Barbarossa
The day where Hitler's forces began an invasion on Soviet Russia, after finally having the Balkans under German's control. The Russians re-acted the scorched-earth strategy as they did when Napolean tried to invade. Nearly one million people died in Leningrad durin the winters of 1941-1942. Yet the city refused to fall. -
Hitler's Eyes upon the Heart of the Soviet Union: Moscow
Impatient by the unsuccessful attempt on conquering Leningrad, Hitler looked to Moscow. By December of 1941, the Nazis had advanced to the outskirts of the USSR capital. The Soviets counterattacked. As the Russian temperatures falls, the Nazis in their summer uniforms, retreated. Ignoring the mistake of Napoleon was a grave mistake on Hitler's part. They held the line against the Soviets until March 1943. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked by Japanese airplanes. Over 3,000 Americans were killed or missing, and more than 1,000 were wounded. The next day, The United States declares war on Japan, German and Italy declares war on U.S, thus resulting U.S to participate in the World War. -
The Battle of Guadalcanal
The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler wanted to seize the oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains. He also ordered his Sixth Army to capture Stalingrad,(now Volgograd), a major industrial center on the Volga River. -
The Invasion of Italy
Allied forces landed on Sicily and captured it from Italian and German troops about a month later the arrival. The conquest of Sicily ripped Mussolini from power. On July 25, King Victor Emmanuel III ordered the former dictator's arrest. On September 3, Italy surrendered. -
Italy Surrenders!! But Germany!?
Italy's government officially surrenders to the Allied powers; but there is still Germany forces occupy much of Italy. And Japan is still fighting on too. -
Cairo Declaration
The Allied powers announce the Cairo Declaration in which all three declare their intention to establish an international organization to maintain the peace and security of the world. -
D-Day: Operation Overlord
On the early day of June 6, 1944, the Americans, the Canadians and the British forces crossed the english channel. Over 5,300 ships and 11,000 planes crossed the channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy. The sole goal of the Allied soldiers and civilians were to push the Germans back to Berlin by opening a western front in Europe. -
Germany Quits!
The death of their leader, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Germany finally gives in to the Allied forces. they sign a unconditionally surrender on this day. -
V-E Day in Europe
Victory in Europe, better known as V-E Day, marks the day where the Germans finally surrendered to the Allied forces. Japan would surrender four months later. After the death, suicide, of Hitler on April 30, 1945, the Germans saw no reason to fight the war any longer, thus leading the end of the war on 8th of May. -
Bombing on Hiroshima
The United States drops an atomic bomb—the first to be used in warfare—on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000. -
Soviet Union Enters Pacific
With still no surrender from Japan, the Soviet Union enters the Pacific war as promised in Yalta, defeating Japanese forces in Manchuria. -
The last force of Axis Powers finally surrenders
After the devasting bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the capturing of Okinawa, the Japanese finally surrenders, officially, onboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Emperor Hirohito's radio broadcast, on August 15, where he told his subjects that, "we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable." the United States immediately accepted Japan's surrender.
