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Important Events in World War II

  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
  • Britian and France Declare War

  • France Surrenders

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks US Naval Base killing thousands
  • US declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    US troops storm the beaches of Normandy
  • Germany Surrenders

  • Hiroshima

    US drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima killing thousands
  • Nagasaki

    Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
  • World War II ends

    World War II ends