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WWII begins
Nazi invasion of Poland, and the first Canadian's landed in Britain. -
Declaration of War
Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa declare war on Germany . -
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WWII
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Japan Bombs
Japan bombs the Chinese city of Ningbo with fleas carrying the bubonic plague while 250 gypsies children are killed in the Buchenwald concentration camp. -
Resignation
British prime minister Neville Chamberlain resigns and is replaced by Winston Churchill. Also Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. -
Pearl Harbor
The USA declares an oil embargo against Japan, then the Japanese navy attacks the USA fleet at Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile Japan also invades Thailand and Malaysia. -
"Final Solution"
Germany plans the "final solution" to exterminate the Jews and the Soviet Union starts a project for an atomic bomb led by Igor Vasilievich Kurchatov -
Punishment
As punishment to the Chinese villages who helped the USA airmen who bombed Tokyo, Japanese troops killed 250,000 Chinese civilians ("operation Sei-Go") . -
Conference
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin hold a conference in Teheran, Iran -
D-Day
The Allies land in Normandy and begin the invasion of France -
Atomic Bomb
The firsrt atomic bomb is dropped on Japan