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Japan invades Manchuria.
Japan invades Manchuria. The Japanese Army attacked Chinese troops. this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. This is one of the causes of World War II. -
Japan invades China
Japan invades China and the Japanese controlled much of eastern China -
Hitler invades Poland
Germany invades Poland with 1.5 million German troops. The German bombed Polish airfields, and attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. -
Great Britain declare war on Germany
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. because they sworn to defend poland. -
Italy enters the war
Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21 -
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. -
Nazi Germany ends in defeat
July 10, 1940–October 31, 1940 The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany. -
Bulgaria joins the Axis.
Bulgaria joins the Axis. Bulgarian King Boris signs the Tripartite Pact, officially entering the Axis. -
Pearl Harbor
General Hideki Tojo took over Japan and then bomb the U.S. navy's. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at pearl harbor in Hawaii. -
Nazi Germany and its Axis declare war on the United States
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States which they had been neutra -
Operation Torch
The commander was a U.S. lieutenant name Dwight D. Eisenhower they plan for the american to invade the north african countries of morocco and algeria -
US and British troops land on Sicily
US and British troops land on Sicily. Begin their invasion, By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily. -
D Day
The allies had 3.5 million soldiers ready for action American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches. By August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. -
US troops land in the Philippines.
MacArthur had supplied them by submarine, and sent reinforcements and officers. MacArthur returned to the Philippines in force.Most of the fighting was at sea during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to reconquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border -
Hitler commits suicide.
Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and then shooting himself in the head. Hitler body was never officially found. -
V-E Day
Day Germany surrender to the Allies -
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. the plane called Enola Gay drops the bomb at 2:45 a.m. local time. After Japan's failure to surrender immediately, a second atomic bomb was drop on August 9. -
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria. more then 1 million Soviet soldiers enter Japanese to take on the 700,000 strong Japanese army. -
The end of war
The surrender of the Japanese to the Allies.
