World War 2 by Austin Roberts By Pablo_02 1933 Hitler and the Third Reich come to power in Germany 1936 Germany and Italy combine forces 1937 Japan invades China 1939 Hitler invades Czechoslovakia 1939 Germany invades Poland and ww2 starts 1939 France and Britain declare war on Germany 1940 Germany uses a tactic called the Blitzkrieg for the first time 1940 Italy enters the war 1940 Germany attacks Britain by air in a battle known as the Battle of Britian 1940 Germany, Japan, and Italy join forces and become the axis powers 1941 Germany attacks Russian with 4 million troops 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor 1941 The U.S.A enters the war 1942 The U.S wins the Battle of Midway 1942 The Allies take control of Sicily 1943 Italy surrenders to the Allies 1944 D-Day and Normany happens 1944 Paris is liberated from German control 1944 Germans lose Battle of the Bulge and seal their fate 1945 Hitler commits suicide 1945 The U.S drops the atomic bombs 1945 Japan surrenders and ww2 officially ends 1945 The U.S invades Iwo Jima and takes control of the island 1945 Franklin Roosevelt dies 1945 Harry Truman becomes President