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What started it all
The start of World War II was when the Japanese invaded Manchuria on September 18, 1931. That kickstarted the World War. -
The invasion of Ethiopia
On the second of October fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. -
Treaty signed by ITALY!?
On October 25 1936, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on October 25; on November 1, the Rome-Berlin Axis is announced. -
Treay signed
On September 29, 1938, 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. -
The invasion of Poland
Hitler and his Nazi's invade poland on the first of September. -
WAR IS DECLARED!
Britain and France declare war on Germany! -
Auschwitz horror
In May the Germans opened up a death camp to desterminate the Jews. They Put them here to have them work, starve, and gased. -
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Decide to attack Pearl Harbor and bomb the naval ships there. -
Operation Babarossa
The invasion of Russia begins. They don't waste any time. -
Battle of Midway
Just two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor the U.S. defeat the Japanese Navy. -
The United States enters World War II
Just after the dreadful event of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States joins in the action and joins the war. -
The Germans surrender at Stalingrad
The first German defeat shows the end of the war. It is coming, the war may still be going but the first defeat has happened, and it happened in Stalingrad -
The Battle of Monte Cassino begins
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The Battle of Monte Cassino ends
After four long months the end of the battle of Monte Cassino came about. -
January 12, 1945
The Soviets launch a new offensive, liberating Warsaw and Krakow in January, capturing Budapest after a two-month siege on February 13, driving the Germans and their Hungarian collaborators out of Hungary in early April, forcing the surrender of Slovakia with the capture of Bratislava on April 4, and capturing Vienna on April 13 -
A TURN IN THE WAR!
Partisan units, led by Yugoslav Communist leader Josip Tito, capture Zagreb and topple the Ustasa regime. The top Ustasa leaders flee to Italy and Austria. -
Suicide
On the date of April 30th, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. -
The surrender
Germany surrenders to the western Allies. -
Another surrender
Germany surrenders to the Soviets. -
The bomb!
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
THE war endsS
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
