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Japan Invades China
Following a long involved conflit, Japan under the control of Hideki Tojo invade Japan -
Japan Provokes the Soviets
Japanese forces provoke Soviet forces initiating a nasty battle -
Munich Agreement Signed
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany. -
Japan initiates New Order of East Asia
Japan declares the New Order of East Asia suggesting that they will dominate the rest of East Asia which makes western relations with them worse. -
Germany invades Soviet Union
Called the battle of Barbossa -
America takes back neutrality with Japan
America takes back their commerical treaty with Japan. -
US cuts off Japanese Oil Supply
Japanese cannot find a ground oil sourcse, which makes them rely on the US for oil, and the US cuts off the supply -
Germany Invades Poland
Initiation of WWII in Europe. -
Great Britian and France Declare War
In order to protect Poland, Great Britian and France decalare war on Germany after they invade Germany -
Soviets invade Poland
Come in from the east. -
Germany invades Denmark & Norway
Denmark surrenders immeditantly, Norway holds out for a couple days. -
Germany invades Eastern Europe
Germany attacks western Europe—France and the neutral Low Countries. Luxembourg is occupied on May 10; the Netherlands surrenders on May 14; and Belgium surrenders on May 28. On June 22, France signs an armistice agreement by which the Germans occupy the northern half of the country and the entire Atlantic coastline. In southern France, a collaborationist regime with its capital in Vichy is established. -
Italy enters the War
Facist Italy enters the already going on war in Europe -
Germany reinforces North African troops
Intends to help out shaky italin forces -
US declares war on Japan
Becomes an offical participant in WWII. -
Germany invades Soviet Union
Stalingrad ensues -
Pearl Harbor Bombed
Japanese troops drop bombs on the US's military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
The battle at El Alamein
British troops defeat the Germans and Italians at El Alamein in Egypt, sending the Axis forces in chaotic retreat across Libya to the eastern border of Tunisia. -
US and Great Britain Invade Sicily
Considered the "soft underbelly" of the Axis occupied land. -
Allies liberate Rome
Liberate Rome from the Axis powers. -
D-Day
Allies successfully open a second front in Normandy, France to invade German occupied Paris and take down the 3rd Reich. -
Liberation of Paris
Allied forces reach Paris and liberate it from Axis power -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler's Last offense -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Leader of Third Reich is gone. -
Germany Surrenders to Allied Forces
Without their leader, the third reich army surrenders. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Allied forces drop bomb on the Japanese City -
Japan Surrenders
Japan forces surrender to Allied forces
