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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan was being overly populated with tons of people and they also wanted more resources. So they decided they wanted to expand so they attacked Manchuria with plans of expansion, to not only spread their land but also their culture and ideas. -
Hitler Takes Power
Hitler took power of Germany, and he started to challenge all the restrictions placed on him by the Treaty of Versallies and started invading neighboring countries. -
Japan invades China in
Japan used an excuse which was the chinese fired upon some of their troops. They took this as an advantage to spread their land into china so they attacked and invaded china killing thousands of women and children. -
Rossevelt Limits Ships to Asia
President FDR forbids US ships from carrying weapons to china or japan. -
Attack on the Panay
Before the attack on Pearl Harbor japan attacks american gunboat Panay but unlike their attack on Pear Harbor they apologize for the attacks and all the lost lives. -
Herman warns Jews
Marshal of the third reich Herman Goering warns Jews to leave Austria for he knew what would happen to them if they didn't. -
Italy joins Germany
In a speech Mussolini the fascist leader of Italy promesis to fight alongside Hitler it war broke out. -
Germany invades Poland
Looking to regain land that Germany had lost in the treaty of Versallies Hitler attacked Poland with men on ground and in the air. Using the blitzkrieg strategy. -
Germany invades France
In the battle of France aka the fall of France. Germany successfully invaded France defeating all French forces. -
Italy attacks Egypt
Egypt is a critical british outpost it had the Suez canal with connected Britain with its empire in India which supplied Britain. So they really wanted to take it over and Germany even aided italy in fighting Britain. But Britain won against them both when america Joined and helped them. -
America joins the fight
On December 6 of 1941 without any warning, or hostilities Japan bombed Pearl Harbor singking most of the battle fleet. So the next day President Roosevelt asked the congress for permission to go to war with Japan and it was granted. Three days lated both Italy and Germany declared war on the US. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Saturday night on December 7, sailors who were supposed to be at Pearl Harbor were leared from there post by drinks on the house in local Japanese resturants, and by the flirting of local Japanese girls. They left their post and later on that night Pearl Harbor was attacked by a Japanese air fleet of over 350 aircrafts used in the attack on 29 out of the 350 aircrafts were destroyed. This attack destroyed most of the ships but not all. -
Axis Powers Declare war on the U.S.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese America joins the war. 3 days after that the Axis powers: Germany, Soviet Union, and Italy declare war on the U.S. -
Soviet Union Joining Allies
The allies met up with the Soviet Union in Moscow and they made a plan that ounce the allie fources take out Germany they will join in the attack against Japan. -
D-Day
U.S. fources land on a beach code-named Omaha. Then right off the back they started being bombed. Fog was thrown, and as soon as they let down their boat hatches troops were mowed down. due to heavy fog and anti-aircraft fire bombing was inaccurate. over 3,500 american casualties, the canadians also took part in this ib=nvasion of france they attacked a beach code named Utah and also suffered heavy casualties, Britain attacked a beach codenamed sword and took it easily with less casualties. -
RIP FDR
FDR dies of celebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler trapped in berlin in a panic room with his wife commited suicide with his wife he shot himself in the head and she poisoined herself. -
Germany surrenders
Germany sighs an official surrender at the allied headquarters -
Allied forces bomb Japan
The allied forces ask Japan to surrender japan declines so America bombs japan twice. -
Japan surrenders to the US
After the allied forces dropped two bombs on the US it weakened there will to fight so they surrendered.