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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria to get more territory because they are running out of natural resources -
Italy invades, annexes Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia to earn more territory for Italy -
Germany sends troops into the Rhineland
Hitler violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and sent troops to the Rhineland anyways -
Japan invades China
Japan invades China to gain more territory to use -
Germany takes over Austria (Anschluss)
Hitler took over Austria and made the country a part of German territory -
The Munich agreement is signed (appeasement)
The Munich Conference agreed that Hitler could have Sudetanland and parts of Czech but that's all he could have after that -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
hitler ignores the deal he made at the munich conference and takes over the rest of Czechoslovakia -
German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact is signed
Germany and USSR sign a pact to not have conflicts and keep peace -
Germany invaded Poland
Begins world war 2 -
Britain and France declare war on germany
Britain and Frence declare war on Germany because of the Battle of Britain -
Auschwitz opens
The most popular german concentration camp starts it's killing -
The Battle of Britain
German air force hits London with an air raid -
The Tripartite Pact is signed
also known as axis of evil, alliance formed between Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Pearl Harbor is bombed
Japan drops atomic bombs on Pearl Harbor in the US. Which causes US involvement in the war. -
US declares war on Japan
US declares war on Japan because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor -
The Battle of Midway
Naval battle between the US and Japan -
Battle of Stalingrad
Batttle between the Soviets and the Nazis disobeying the Non-Aggression Pact they'd previously signed -
Italian government surrenders
Italy surrenders to the allies because of the demise of the facsist government -
D-Day
The allies invade Normandy, France -
allied troops reach, liberate paris from nazi occupation
paris is back under french control -
The Yalta Conference
conference to divide up post war europe -
Hitler commits suicide in his bunker
HItler shoots himself in the head in his bunker because he does not want to have to surrender to the Soviets -
V-E Day
Also known as "Victory in Europe Day" a day of celebration of the the unconditional surrender of Germany to the allies -
Atomic bomb is dropped on hiroshima
US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
