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Kristallnacht
Anti-Jewish movement that broke out in the night with Germans destroying Jewish property and possessions -
Official start of the war
Germany invades Poland -
Declaring War
Britain and France declare war on Germany -
France Surrenders
Hitler accepts their surrender -
Battle of Britain
Hitler cancels the invastion on Britain after launching air force lauch attack at Brtain -
Executive Order 8802
President Roosevelt issues this order to stop discrimination in employment workers -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor causing the US to enter the war -
Wannsee Conference
Hitler determined how to rid the Jews -
Bataan Death March
US troops surrendered Bataan in Phillipines and were taken as prisoners of war, being forced on this death march to a prison camp -
Women in the Military
Congress establishes the Women's Army auxiliarty Corps, allowing women in the military as soldiers for the first time -
Battle of Midway
Japan launches their aircraft attack against Midway -
North Africa Invasion
America invades North Africa under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower -
Turning Point: Stalingrad
Soviet reinforcement arrive and trap the Germans within their city, puting Germany on the defense -
North Africa Surrendered
Last German forces surrender North Africa -
Racial Violence
Worst racial violence during this war erupts in Detroit -
Italy's Surrender to the US
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D-Day
Invasion of French coast on two beaches. Allies invaded at midnight and while they easily took over Utah beach, the troops on Omaha beach struggled long to overcome the Germans. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans last attempt at offense as Allies closed in -
VE Day
Germans Surrender -
VJ Day
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nigasake; Japanese surrender
