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Hitler occupies Austria
No one cared, most were German anyway -
Hitler demands Sudentenland in Czechoslovakia
They say NO! -
Hitler takes rest of Czeoslovakia and demands part of Poland
Britain and France draw the line and say NO! -
Hitler/Stalin sign non-aggression pact
The dictators were playing for their own politcial needs -
Hitler invades Poland
WWII begins -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Everyone else begins joining the war -
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Hitler strikes Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Hitler strikes the Northern countries -
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Battle of Britain
German Air Force against the United Kingdom -
Germany, Italy, Japan sign Tripartite Pact
They signed it so if the US attacked, the others would cometo their defense and the US won't want to fight a 2 ocean war -
Hitler breaks non aggression pact with Russia
Hitler attacks Russia -
Pearl Harbor Attacked
We banned the sell of weapon materials to Japan so they attacked us. We were interfering with their plans to take over Asia -
US declares war on Japan
We declare war prior to the day after we were attacked at pearl harbor -
Italy & Germany declare war on US
It is a 2 ocean war -
Battle of Midway
One of the most important battles during WWII -
681 allied ships sunk
After this we make convoys and increase shipbuilding -
Germany Surrenders
1.1 million soviets dead. 230,000 Germans dead -
D-Day
Storm Normandy, France and by August Paris is liberated -
Battle of the Bulge
Germanys last offensive, tries to push through allied lines but fails -
FDR Dies
He lived all the way through the war but did not get to see the ending -
VE Day
Victory in Europe -
Test bomb was dropped in Alamogordo, New Mexico
Bombs were a new option during war -
The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
Japan still refuses to surrender -
2nd bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
Resulted in Japans surrender -
Japan surrenders
VJ DAY
