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Germany invades Poland
German forces invade Poland on land and from the air, as Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
Germany invades Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg
Hitler begins his Western offensive sending his forces into Holland and Belgium. -
Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
After many battles between Germany and the Allies, Benito Mussolini declares war on France and Great Britain. -
Japanese start occupying bases in Indo-China
the Japanese invaded Indochina to prevent the Republic of China from importing arms and fuel. -
Germany invades USSR; USSR joins the Allies in war against Germany
The soviet union signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany -
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base. -
Germany and Italy declared war on USA
Germany and Italy have announced they are at war with the United States. -
Allies begin large-scale air attacks on Germany
Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during WW2. -
Japanese decides to take Port Moresby by land invasion
Japanese forces went through Owen Stanley Range take over Port Moresby as a strategy of isolating Australia from the United States. -
Japanese begin their retreat along the Kokoda Trail
Japanese forces tried their hardest to go through the Kokoda trail, going through the steep path towards Port Moresby... -
Australians recapture Kokoda
Kokoda's recapture pushed the Australians were again committed to battle, fighting the Japanese at Oivi and Gorari. -
Battle of Stalingrad
A battle during WW2 in which Nazi Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
Italy declared war on Germany
One month after Italy surrendered to Allied forces, it declared war on Nazi Germany, its Axis powers partner. -
US forces take okinawa in Japan
multiple battles fought in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands. -
Plot to assassinate Hitler fails
Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. -
Concentration camp at Auschwitz liberated
The Soviet army entered Auschwitz and released more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying. -
Victory in Europe (VE) Day
Marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
an American bomber, Enola Gay, dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day - Japan surrenders
This date celebrates Japan's acceptance of the Allied demand for unconditional surrender
