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Anschluss (Europe/European)
The unification of Austria and
Germany -
Munich Conference (Europe/European)
GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland -
Non Aggression Pact (Europe/European)
Germany and USSR agree not to fight -
Invasion of Poland/Germany Invades Poland (Europe/European)
The start of WWII -
Miracle at Dunkirk (Europe/European)
338,000 troops escape German capture -
Paris Captured (Europe/European)
France surrenders to Germany -
Battle of Britain (Europe/European)
3 month bombing of Great Britain -
Germany Invades USSR (Europe/European)
Violates Non Aggression
Treaty -
Pearl Harbor (Pacific)
Japan Unprovoked Attack of U.S. -
US Declares War on Japan (Pacific)
FDR makes speech to congress “a date that will live in infamy” -
Germany Declares War on the US (Europe/European)
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR -
Doolittle Raid (Pacific)
American bombs fall in japan for first time -
Battle of Midway (Pacific)
Turning point in war with Japan -
Battle of Stalingrad (Europe/European)
10 month battle ends
Turning point in War -
Kasserine Pass (Europe/European)
First US Battle Against Germany (big loss) -
Rome Falls (Europe/European)
Italy Surrenders and Mussolini is executed -
D-Day (Europe/European)
Allies land at Normandy- Liberation of France -
MacArthur Returns to Philippines (Pacific)
Famous speech "I Have Returned" -
Battle of the Bulge (Europe/European)
Last German Offense-Allies Win -
Iwo Jima (Pacific)
Island Captured by the US Marines Raise Flag -
V-E Day (Europe/European)
WWII Ends in Europe -
Atomic Bomb Dropped (Pacific)
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima -
V-J Day/Victory over Japan day (Pacific)
WWII Ends in Japan