World war II

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japanese armies invade Manchuria with brutal forces.
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    Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia

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    Nazi Germany and fasicist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation

  • Nazi Germany and imperial Japan sign the anti-Comintern Pact,

    Nazi Geramny and imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement
  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the pacific
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    Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss

  • Germany, Italy, Great Briatin and France sign the Munich agreement

    Germany, Italy, Great Britain nd France sign the Munich agreement which forces Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defence positions, to nazi Germans occupy the rump Czech lands in violation of the Munich agreement, forming a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
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    Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic

    Under German pressure, the slovaks declare their independence ad form a Slovak republic. The Dermans occupy the rump Czech lands in viloation of the Munich agreement, forming a protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
  • France and Great Briatin guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.

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    Fasicist Italy invades and annexes Albania

  • Nazi GErmany and the Soviet Unioin sign a nonagression agreement

    Nazi German yand the Soviet Union sign a nonagression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
  • Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.

  • Great Briatin and France declare war on Germany

  • The soviet Union invades Poland from the east

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    The Soviet Union invades finalnd

    Soviet Union invades Finland, initiating Winter War. The Finns sue for an armistice and have to cede the northan shores of lake lagoda and the small finnish coastline on the arctic Sea to the Soviet Union
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    Germany invades Denmark and Norway.

    Denmark surrenders the day of the attack.
  • Itlay enters the war, Italy invades southern France

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    The Battle of Briatin ends

    The battle of Briatin ends in defeat for the Germans
  • The Italians invade British controlled Egypt from Itlalian-controlled Libya

  • Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pect

  • Italy invades Greece

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    Nazi Germany and the axis partners invades Soviet Union

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbour

  • The United States decalre war on Japan

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    Nazi Germany and axis partners declare war on the United States

  • British and US navies halt Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific Midway

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    Us troops halt Japanese island,hopping advance towards Australia

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    British troops defeat the Gemans and Italians at El Alamein in Egypt

  • Us and BRitish troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria

  • Axis froces in Tunisia surrender to the allies ending the north African campaign

  • THe Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in Soviet Union

  • Us and British troops land on Sicily

  • Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples

  • British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of france

  • US troops land in the Philippines

  • Germans launch a final offensive known as the Battle of Bulge

  • The soviets launch final offensive circuling Berlin

  • Hitler commits suicide

  • Germany surrenders to the estern allies

  • Allied troops conquer Okinawa, the last island stop before the Japanese islands

  • Germany surrenders to the Soviets

  • UNited Staes drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • Soviet Union delcares war on Japan and invades Manchuria

  • The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki

  • Japan formally surrenders, ending world war II