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World War II

  • Start of World War II

    Start of World War II

    Germany invades Poland beginning World War II
  • Germany is Declared War

    Germany is Declared War

    http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
    After Hitler invaded Poland, France along with Britain declared war on Germany.
  • Poland is Attacked Once Again

    Poland is Attacked Once Again

    The Soviet Union invades Poland
  • Expelled

    Expelled

    Soviet Union gets kicked out of the League of Nations
  • Armistice

    Armistice

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/bulge/
    France surrendered to the Nazis after they captured Paris. The Germans now take revenge by forcing the French to sign the armistice.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Officially starts battling British airspace for three months and involved the bombing of London.
  • Hitler's First Defeat

    Battle of Britain ends and Hitler is defeated for the first time by the United Kingdom.
  • Lend-Lease Act

    President Franklin Roosevelt convinces Congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act, whivh allows he U.S. to sell or lend war materials to "any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States."
  • Increasing the Army

    U.S. troops arrive in Europe and in March, the number of troops shipped overseas averages about 50,000 per month. By 1944 it soars upwards to 250,00 men per month.
  • Battle of Stalingrad (Volgograd)

    http://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
    Marks a turning point because it's consider to be the greatest battle since the Allies pushed the Axis powers out of the Soviet Union.
  • Dwight Eisenhower

    Dwight Eisenhower

    He's appointed commander of the U.S. forces in Europe and later in December becomes supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe.
  • Italy Surrenders

    Italy Surrenders

    http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
    General Dwight announces to the Allies that Italy surrenders especially now that Mussolini' s power fell. The Allies carry out Operation Avalanche.
  • The Big Three

    The Big Three

    Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, meet in Teheran, Iran to discuss the invasion of Italy and it became known as the Tehran Conference. (First timers)
  • Germany Maintains Production

    Germany Maintains Production

    German aircraft production becomes the target of a massive bombing campaign by the U.S. Army Air Corps where more than 600 U.S. bombers raid Berlin. Despite it all, Germany is able to maintain weapons and aircraft production levels.
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    https://www.army.mil/d-day/
    160,000 Allied troops fought on the French coastline fighting against Nazi Germany. Under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower the Allies achieved a hold in Continental Europe with the sacrifice of 9,000 soldiers killed or wounded.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
    British Prime Minister Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, & Joseph Stalin Premier of Soviet Union met up from the 4th-11th to make some agreements.
  • U.S. President

    U.S. President

    Franklin D. Roosevelt dies during the last year of WWII
  • Suicidal

    Suicidal

    Hitler commits sucide with a gunshot after the Russians are a day close on taking over the chancellery
  • Before the Suicide

    "As Soviet forces push into Berlin, Adolf Hitler takes shelter in his bombproof bunker. There, he marries his mistress, Eva Braun, before poisoning her and shooting himself. His remains will never be found."
  • Officially Ends

    Officially Ends

    Germany surrenders and WWII in Europe comes to an end.