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A simple timeline
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Japan starts expanding by invading Manchuria, Republic of China The Japanese occupied it until the end of WW2.
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On this day in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Neutrality Act to avoid any action which might involve the U.S. in war.
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A smart move of Adolf Hitler was to remilitarize the Rhineland. NO nation wanted to take action against it. Hitler was able to get natural resources and good military positions.
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Many German's believed this would provide proof of German's superiority.
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Total war started between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the 20th century.
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The speech called for an international quarantine of the aggressor nations. Calls for isolation from Italy, Germany, and Japan.
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Germany annexes Auschluss with little resistance. Germany continues his expansion in Europe. Many Austrians greet Nazis with flowers.
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Germany annexes border parts of Czechoslovakia, Sudentland, mainly inhabited by German speakers. The agreement was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. France, the United Kingdom, and Italy hopes to appease Hitler.
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Germany invades Poland. This marks the official start of WW2.
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Evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France. British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off by the Germans after the Battle of Dunkirk. 340,000 Allied troops escaped and the rest were forced to surrender.
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This Act started the program in which the United States aided the Allied forces between 1941 and 1945.
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British prime minister, Winston Churchill, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt have a congerence aboarda warship to discuss their goals in WW2.
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Marks the entrance of the United States to WW2.
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Also known as the Tokyo Raid, the Doolittle Raid was the first American air raid in Japanese land. It boosted U.S. morale and made Japan worried because they now knew that the U.S. had the range to directly attack their homeland.
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A major naval battle in the Pacific Theater that stoped Japanese expansion to Australia. Japanese and U.S. ships never see each other because it was done completely by aircraft carriers.
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The most important battle in the Pacific Theatre. The Japanese wanted to lure U.S. aircraft carriers into a trap. Thanks to American codebreakers, the U.S. had the upper hand and sunk 4 Japanese aircraft carriers.
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Although the Soviet Union wanted the U.S. and Britain to open a second front by starting invading France to reduce German forces in Soviet land, the U.S. and Britain invade Northern Africa to get control over the Mediterranean Sea.
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160,000 Allied troops invade the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy, France. Over 9,000 Allied soldiers died in the battle in the fight against Nazi Germany.
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The U.S. invade Saipan with 15 battleships. The U.S. defeat the Japanese and ask for their surrender in Saipan. The Japanese decide to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff instead of surrendering. This sends a message to the U.S. that they are not willing to give up the war.
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One of the greatest battles in U.S. history. Over 200,000 German troops decide to attack with everything the Allied troops after their victory on D-Day. After the German defeat, Hitler would be unable to an offensive attack on such a scale.
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America's longest serving president, died during WW2 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Harry S. Truman took office after his death.
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During the Battle of Berlin, Hitler commited suicide by gunshot. His wife also commited suicide that same day.
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The Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the forces of Nazi Germani. This victory happened on President Harry Truman's 61st birthday.
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Little Boy, first nuclear bomb used to attack Japan. It killed 90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima.
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Fat Man, 2nd atomic bomb detonated in Japan. Killed 60,000–80,000 people in Nagasaki.
