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Anschluss (E)
Unification of Austria and Germany -
Munich Conference (E)
GB and France gave Hitler Sudetenland -
Nonaggression Pact (E)
Germany and USSR agreed not to fight -
Germany Invades Poland (E)
Started WWll -
Battle of Britain (E)
3 month bombing of Great Britain -
Miracle at Dunkirk (E)
338,000 troops escaped Germans captured -
Paris Captured (E)
France surrendered to Germany -
Germany Invades USSR (E)
Violates nonaggression treaty -
Pearl Harbor (P)
Japan's Unprovoked Attack on the U.S. -
U.S. Declares War on Japan (P)
FDR makes a speech to Congress "...a date that will live infamy" -
Germany Declares War on U.S. (E)
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped to help against the USSR -
Battle of Bulge (E) (P)
Last German offense - allies win -
Dolittle Raid (P)
American bombs falls in Japan for the first time -
Battle of Midway (P)
Turning in war with Japan -
Kasserine Pass (E)
First U.S. battle against Germany (bad loss) -
Battle of Stelingrad (E)
10 month battle ends, turning point in the war -
MacArthur Returns to Philippines (P)
Famous speech "I Have Returned" -
Rome Falls (E)
Italy surrendered and Mussolini is executed -
D-Day (E)
Allies land in Normandy Liberation in France -
Iwo Jima (P)
Captured by the U.S.; Marienes raised flags -
V-E-Day (E)
WWII ends in Europe -
Atomic Bomb Dropped (P)
Dropped: over 120,000 die at Hiroshima -
V-J-Day (P)
WWII ends in Japan