World war 2 picture

World War 2

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  • 1931

    1931
    Japan begin takeover of Manchuria, which is later renamed Manchukuo. Japan conquers Manchuria in northern China.

  • 1932

    1932
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president of the United States. He took the USA into World War II after attack on pearl Harbour with his famous his speech.

  • 1933

    1933
    Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of Germany.

  • 1934

    1934
    Hitler assumes the presidency of Germany when Hindenburg dies and thus gains full control of the government.

  • 1936

    1936
    Japan and Germany sign Anti-Comiterm Pact.

  • 1937

    1937
    Germany signs military agreement with Japan

  • 1938

    1938
    Hitler is confidednt to invade the region of czechoslovakia

  • 1939

    1939
    Germany started world war 2 by invading poland on Septeber 1st 1939. Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3. Within a month, Poland was defeated by a combination of German and Soviet forces and was partitioned between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

  • 1940

    1940
    Pland was defeted on April 9, 1940 when German forces invaded Norway and Denmark. On May 10, 1940, Germany began its assault on western Europe by invading the Low Countries which had taken neutral positions in the war, as well as France. On June 22, 1940, France signed an armistice with Germany, which provided for the German occupation of the northern half of the country and permitted the establishment of a collaborationist regime in the south with its sea

  • 1941

    1941
    December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United States immediately declared war on Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States as the military conflict widened.

  • 1942

    1942
    On the eastern front, during the summer of 1942, the Germans and their Axis allies renewed their offensive in the Soviet Union, aiming to capture Stalingrad on the Volga River, as well as the city of Baku and the Caucasian oil fields.

  • 1943

    1943
    In November, Soviet troops launched a counteroffensive at Stalingrad and on February 2, 1943, the German Sixth Army surrendered to the Soviets.

  • 1944

    1944
    D-day Allied Forces invaded Normandy and turned the tide of World War II in Europe. More than 100,000 soldiers swept ashore and nearly 10,000 died that first day. By June 22, the Allies had broken out of Normandy heading for Berlin. this day is called D-day

  • 1945

    1945
    The Soviets began an offensive on January 12, 1945, liberating western Poland and forcing Hungary (an Axis ally) to surrender. In mid-February 1945, the Allies bombed the German city of Dresden, killing approximately 35,000 civilians. American troops crossed the Rhine River on March 7, 1945. A final Soviet offensive on April 16, 1945, enabled Soviet forces to encircle the German capital, Berlin.

  • 1945

    1945
    A serrender cerimony is in tokyo bay on the US battle ship Missouri. World war 2 officaly ends