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World War II

  • anticommunist pact

    anticommunist pact

    Japan signs anticommunist pact with Germany
  • Nanjing rape

    Nanjing rape

    Japanese soilders rape and kill thousands of chinese civilians
  • WWII

    WWII

    the outbreak of WWII as Germany attacks Poland
  • Allies form

    Allies form

    France and Britian declare war on Germany
  • Germnay invades Norway and Denmark

    Germnay invades Norway and Denmark

    Germany invades Norway and Denmark to expand its empire
  • Germany attacks France

    Germany attacks France

    Germany attacks France and wins with little trouble
  • Escape of Dunkirk

    Escape of Dunkirk

    Allied forces are being evacuated from France to Britian
  • President FDR

    President FDR

    FDR wins a third term to be Presdient of the United States
  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter

    President FDR and prime minister Winston Churchill meet in middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Hideki Tojo

    Hideki Tojo

    general Hideki Tojo takes full control of Japan
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    first major defeat to the German army, turning point in war for the Allies
  • Leningrad

    Leningrad

    The German started to invade the Soviet city of Leningrad
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Allied troops captured the beach of Normandy, France
  • Harry Truman

    Harry Truman

    President FDR dies and vice president Truman takes over
  • Hitler dies

    Hitler dies

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his hideout
  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders to Allied forces ending the war in Europe
  • Soviet Union joins Pacific War

    Soviet Union joins Pacific War

    Soviet Union joins the Allies in the war with Japan
  • Emperor Surrenders

    Emperor Surrenders

    Emperor Hirohito surrendered over the radio
  • Japan surrenders

    Japan surrenders

    Japan surrenders after U.S. drops two atomic bombs on Japanese cities