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Japan invades Manchruia.
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Ethiopia invaded.
October 2, 1935 - May 1936
Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. -
Hitler invades the Rhinelands
Hitler invades the Rhinelands in Germany. -
Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles
Hitler invades the Rhinelands, in direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations, nor its members, reprimands him. -
Treaty of Cooperation signed
October 25 - November 1, 1936
Germany and Italy sign a Treaty of Cooperation; Rome and Berlin axis is announced. -
Japan invades China.
Japan invades China, initiating WW2 in the Pacific. -
Germany annexes Austria in Anschluss
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Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles again
Hitler enacts Anschluss without receiving any rebuff from The League. So, he continues into Sudetenland (German speaking Czechoslovakia). -
Munich Conference
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France force the Czechoslovakia Republick to cede Sudentenland to Germany. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact. -
Hitler attacks Poland
HItler fakes a Polish attack on Germany in order to invade Poland. -
Britian and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France become allies. -
Soviet Union invades Eastern Poland.
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Italy enters the war
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Armistice Agreement signed
NOrthern France signs Armistice Agreement with Germany and VIchy France is established in Southern France. -
Battle of Britain
July 10 - October 31, 1940 The German Luftwaffe tried taking out the British Royal Air Force, but were not successful. -
Italy invades Egypt
Italy invades Egypt, a British province. -
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy and Japan form Axis Powers. Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo sign the Tripartite. -
Soviet Union invaded.
Germany and other smaller Axis Powers invade Soviet Union beginning on June 22 and finishing in November 1941. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan surprises US Military base in Hawaii. -
U.S. declares war on Japan, enters WWII
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Axis Powers declare war on U. S.
The Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) declare war on the United States.
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Cologne Germany bombed.
The British bomb Cologne, Germany. -
Battle of Midway
U.S. Navy defeats Japanese, stops advance in Central Pacific, 3 Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed -
Battle of Guadalcanal and Solomon Islands
Japanese island-hopping was stopped at Guadalcanal and economic and miliary interest of Solomon islands were also gained -
Benito Mussolini is deposed.
Benito Mussolini is deposed and Pietro Bologlio forms a new government. -
Badoglio surrenders.
Badoglio surrenderes to Allies. Germans gain control of Rome, free Mussolini, and establish a regime under him. -
D-Day
British and U.S. troops land on the beaches of Noramandy, France. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Largest naval battle ever fought, nearly 300 ships, Allies destroy Japan's navy, Allies led by General MacArthur -
Battle of Bulge
Germans launch final offensive on Eastern Front, creates a bulge in the Allied battle lines. -
Allies cross the Rhine River
Allies captured a quarter of a million German soldiers after crossing the Rhine at Remagen bridge, many German soldiers were killed too. -
President Roosevelt dies
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Berlin surrounded
Soviets launch final offensive and surround Berlin -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler retreated to a hidden bunker, where he killed himself when he knew he had lost -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrendors to the Allies -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, Germany's offical surrender -
Hiroshima bombed
U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan using a the B-29 bomber the Enola Gay -
Nagasaki bombed
U.S. drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan -
V-J Day
Victory in Japan Day, Japanese leader Emperor Hirohito announced the end of the war in a radio broadcast. -
Japan surrenders
Japan formally surrenders at Summit, ending WWII
