World War 2

  • Annexation of Czechoslovakia

  • Invasion of Poland

  • War is Declared on Germany by France and Britain

  • Polish Jews forced to Ghettos

  • Italy enters the war by invading France

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    Battle of Britain

    These dates show the Battle of Britain lasted from Summer to Winter in 1940.
  • Italy invades Egypt

  • Italy, Germany and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbour

  • The United States declares war on Germany

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    The Axis Powers declare war on the United States

  • British and US armies land at several points to reatake Algeria and Morocco

  • Axis surreneders in North Africa

  • Most of Western Europe is liberated at this point

  • Soviet troops free Kiev

  • D-Day begins

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • United States drops an A-bomb on Nagasaki

  • Japan surrenders ending World War 2