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Japan invades Manchuria
Very beginning before war actually begins is was when Japan invades Manchuria. -
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement
This causes Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland -
Germany invades Poland
Initiating WWII in Europe -
The Soviet Union invades Poland
Poland gets invaded from the East -
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
First major attack on the U.S. -
The United States declares war on Japan
this is there entry to World War II -
British troops defeat the Germans and Italians in Egypt
This sends the Axis forces in chaotic retreat across Libya -
The Germans launch a massive tank offensive in the Soviet Union
Within a week the Soviets begin an offensive initiative of their own -
US and British troops land on Sicily
Soon allies have complete control over Sicily -
Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples
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Allied forces land in southern France
advance rapidly towards the Rhine River -
Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union
They leave the Axis partnership -
The Soviet Union launches a new offensive
This causes a liberation of Warsaw and Krakow -
US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen
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The Soviets launch their final offensive
In Berlin -
Hitler commits suicide
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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Japan formally surrenders
Ends World War II
