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world war 2

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    world war 2

  • Invasion of Poland

    Germany invaded Poland. this was the event that triggered the war.

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Both countries declared war but for several months no action was taken against Germany

  • Hitler invades Denmark

  • Neville Chamberlain resigns

    Neville Chamberlain resigns and Winston Churchill takes over

  • Dunkirk

    The British and French troops retreat to the beach of Dunkirk and a massive evacuation operation was undertaken to rescue them

  • Italy joins the Axis powers

    Italy joined the axis powers hoping to avoid being invaded and to glean spoils of war

  • Battle of Britain begins

    The battle of Britain was Hitlers attempt to destroy the industrial cities of Europe in order to cripple Britains military

  • Battle of Britain ends

  • Hitler attacks Russia

  • Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese bombed pearl harbor in Hawaii. they hoped to use it as a staging point to attack the Dutch West Indies which were under British control. This attack brought America into the war.

  • The U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    The Russians make their first victory against Germany

  • Italy surrenders

  • D Day

    D day was a massive surprise attack against the German forces in Normandy France

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • Donitz surrenders unconditionally to the allies

    Dontiz was Hitlers successor and after a short while he offered to surrender unconditionally to the Allies.

  • The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima

    After the dropping of the bomb Japan still refused to surrender.

  • The second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki

    After refusing to surrender Japan was bombed again they surrendered after having two cities decimated.

  • Japan surrenders

    Japan offers surrender and general MacArthur accepts