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Word War 2 begins
World War 2begins when Germany invades Poland -
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World War 2
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More countries join the war
Britian and France delcare war on Germany. -
Soviet Union Invades Poland
Soviet Union invades Poland per the secret German-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty -
Poland surranders
The last of Polands forces surrender to Poland. -
Rations for Britians
The British began to ration their suppiles. -
The Ghettos
The Nazi parties began establishing Ghettos in Poland, which have poor living conditons. -
Germany invades more
Germany invades Norway and Denmark and will soon conquer both countries. -
France loses
Germany conquers France. German troops occupy northern and western France. -
Battle of The Atlantic
Battle of the Atlantic begins as German submarines, called U-boats, begin sinking ships carrying oil and other war supplies from America to England -
No oil for Japan.
The United States cuts off oil exports to Japan after they began to occupy the French colony of Indochina. -
Hitler cancels Invasion of Britain
Hitler cancels Invasion of Britain -
The planning of Pearl Harbor
Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto begins planning an air attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Bulgaria become Axis power
Bulgaria joins the Axis power, so they can get help when Germany invades -
Germany invades Russia
More than three million German troops invade the Soviet Union. -
Japan prepares to fight the U.S
Japanese Army and Navy officers say Japan should “get ready for war” against the United States. Gen. Hideki Tojo becomes prime minister in a military-controlled government. -
Deportations
General deportations began from Germany to major ghettos in Poland and further east. Also, Jews from Austria and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were sent to the ghettos. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Almost at the same time, Japanese warplanes attack the Philippines and two U.S. islands: Wake and Guam, which are later occupied. -
U.S declares war
One day after Pearl Harbor U.S declares war on Japan.
Days later Germany, Itlay, and Japan would declare war on U.S. -
America fights back
Sixteen U.S. bombers, led by Lt. Col. James Doolittle, take off from an aircraft carrier 800 miles (1300 kilometers) off Tokyo and make the first bombing raid against Japan. -
Camps in America
The U.S. government forces thousands of Japanese-Americans to move from the U.S. West Coast to “relocation” camps in isolated areas. -
German troops surrender at Stalingrad
The Soviet Red Army, turning the tide of war, begins an offensive that will end in the capture of Berlin in 1945. -
Code Breakers
U.S. code breakers intercept a Japanese radio message saying that Admiral Yamamoto is flying to the Solomon Islands. He is killed when U.S. fighters shoot down his plane. -
Italy surrenders
Italy surrenders. But German troops, continuing to fight the Allies in Italy, seize Rome. -
D-Day
On D-Day, June 6, 155,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France, to begin the liberation of Europe. -
Bomb
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, the next day an atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima -
WW2 Ends
Japan surrenders and the war ends.