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Germany Invades Poland
World War Two begins when Germany invades Poland under the rule of Hitler. -
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain begins. -
Operation Sealion
Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion. -
Tripartite pact signed
Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan. -
Operation Barbrossa
Gernany attacks Soviet union and operation Barberossa begins -
scorched earth policy
Stalin calls for a scorched earth policy. -
first use of gas
First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. -
Battle of Leningrad
also known as the Leningrad Blockade -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree. -
Battle of Coral Sea
imperial japan vs. United States -
Battle of Midway
Until the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy possesed naval superiority over the United States -
Battle of Guadacanal
Naval Battle -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
Operation Torch
U.S. invades of North Africa -
Battle of Tarawa
Japan vs. US -
Anzio Landing
Allies land at Anzio in Italy. -
D-Day
D-Day landings in France -
Operation Market Garden begins
Allied airborne assault on Holand -
Battle of Bulge
also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Von Rundstedt Offensive -
Battle of Iwo Jima
operation detachment -
Battle of Okinowa
between Japan and the US -
Battle of Berlin
the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler and his wife commited suicide in their fuhrerbunker -
VE day
World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany -
Hiroshima
Japan bombs the city of Hiroshima -
Nagasaka
Japan drops nuclear bomb on the city of Nagasaka -
VJ day
Victory over Japan Day
