World War 2 Timeline

By maryamn2009
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    Nazi Germany invades Poland

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    Soviet Union invades Poland

  • Selective Training and Service Act

    Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act into law
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    The Holocaust

  • Executive Order 9066

    Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Executive Order 9066

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • United States declares war on Japan

    The United States declares war on Japan following the Pearl Harbor Attack
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    Battle of Wake Island

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    Battle of Bataan

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    Battle of the Coral Sea

  • "We Can Do It" propaganda is created

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    Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • US bombs Hiroshima, Japan

    The US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

  • American celebrates victory Over Japan

  • Surrender of Japan