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Japan attacks Manchuria
League of Nations condemns this attack, which then leads to Japan's withdrawal from the League -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Appointed by the President of the Weimar Republic -
Italy invades Ethiopia
League of Nations supports sanctions against Italy, but never follow through with them -
Germany sends troops into Rhineland
League of Nations denounces the move as a violation of the Treaty of Versailles, but take no action -
Japan continues invasions into China
Japanese murdered over 200,000 people in the "Rape of Nanjing" -
Germany demands Sudetenland
Munich Pact is signed and Germany gains the Czech territory -
Hitler invades Czechoslavkia
Despite Munich Pact previously made Hitler still invades -
Russia and Germany sign alliance Pact
signed a non aggression pact which included information about Poland -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler gets control of Poland -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Turns into a "phoney war" because military actions is never taken -
Hitler invade Denmark and Norway
Broke the British naval blockade on Germany -
Blitzkreig
Hitler launches lightning war on Holland and Belgium, both were occupied and Rotterdam was bombed to extinction -
Italy enters war with axis powers
joined war looking for post war money -
France signs armistice with Germany
France and Britain are out of war and give Germany more control -
Tripartite Pact
Alliance with Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Hitler attacks Russia - Operation Barbarossa
Russians did not expect the attack because of the Treaty, with Germany in 1939. Stalin immediately signed a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and started an Eastern front battle that was responsible for 20 million casualties. The USA, which had been supplying arms to Britain under a ‘Lend-Lease’ agreement, offered similar aid to USSR. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia. -
Britain and USA declare war on Japan
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Battle of Midway
The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back. -
Italy surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. The Germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. This blocked any further allied advance through Italy. -
D-Day
The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. For the allies it was essential to first capture a port. -
France is liberated
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Mussolini is captured and executed
Italian partisans captured Mussolini and executed him. -
German fores surrender
