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World War II

By 10gkinney

  • Vichy France begins

    Also known as Vichy Regime and/ or Vichy Government. This was the term used to describe the Frence government between July 1940 to August 1944.

  • Battle of Britain

    The objective of this campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force.

  • FDR approves “shoot on sight”

  • Japan joins Axis

    The "Axis Powers" are Germany, Italy, Hungary, Rome, and Bulgaria. They were apart of the military alliance on the signing of the Tripartite Pact.

  • Hitler breaks Non-Aggression agreement and invades Soviet Union

    Hitler breaks the non-aggression agreement by attackinng Russia after saying he wouldn't.

  • Pearl Harbor attacked

    Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan navy.

  • Japanese ambassadors arrive in Washinton, DC

  • Germany and Italy declare war on US

  • Bataan death march 

  • Battle of Coral Sea begins

    Major battle between Japanease Navy and Allied Navel.

  • Battle of Coral Sea ends

  • Battle of Midway

  • Guadalcanal begins

  • General Eisenhower and his forces land in North Africa

  • MacArthur promises to return

  • End of Battle of Stalingrad

  • Guadalcanal ends

  • Sicily falls

  • Rome Falls

  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Kamikaze attacks begin

  • MacArthur returns

  • Battle of the Bulge begins

  • Battle of the Bulge ends

  • US flag raised on Mt. Suribachi

  • U-boats sink merchant vessels

  • Trumen becomes President

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • V-E Day

  • Okinawa taken

  • Hiroshima

  • Nagasaki

  • V- J Day

  • Formal surrender of Japan