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World War II

By Karen McFarlane

  • Japan invades Manchuria.

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    World War II

  • Fascist Italy invades, conquers and annexes Ethiopia

    October 2, 1935–May 1936

  • Japan Invades China

    July 7, 1937

  • Germany Italy, Great Britain, and France sign Munich Agreement

  • Germany Invades Poland

  • Great Britain and France declare war on Poland

  • Italy enters War

  • Battle of Britain ends

  • Operation Barbarossa begins

    June 22, 1941

  • Roosevelt and Chuchill announce the Atlantic Charter

    August 14, 1941 - Roosevelt and Churchill announce the Atlantic Charter

  • Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

  • Germany and Axis declare war on U.S.

  • Hitler declares war on the United States.

    December 11, 1941 - Hitler declares war on the United States.

  • Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations

    January 1, 1942 - Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations

  • First American forces arrive in Great Britain.

    January 26, 1942 - First American forces arrive in Great Britain.

  • First deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto to concentration camps; Treblinka extermination camp opened.

    July 22, 1942 - First deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto to concentration camps; Treblinka extermination camp opened.

  • Battle of Stalingrad begins.

    September 13, 1942 - Battle of Stalingrad begins.

  • Soviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad.

    January 10, 1943 - Soviets begin an offensive against the Germans in Stalingrad.

  • First bombing raid by Americans on Germany (at Wilhelmshaven

    January 27, 1943 - First bombing raid by Americans on Germany (at Wilhelmshaven

  • Allies enter Naples, Italy.

    October 1, 1943 - Allies enter Naples, Italy.

  • Large British air raid on Berlin.

    November 18, 1943 - Large British air raid on Berlin.

  • D-Day landings on the northern coast of France

    June 6, 1944 - D-Day landings on the northern coast of France

  • Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

    October 30, 1944 - Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

  • Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.

    December 16-27 - Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.

  • Soviet troops capture Warsaw, Poland.

    January 17, 1945 - Soviet troops capture Warsaw, Poland.

  • Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta

    February 4-11 - Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta

  • Last German offensive of the war begins to defend oil fields in Hungary.

    March 6, 1945 - Last German offensive of the war begins to defend oil fields in Hungary.

  • V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.

    May 8, 1945 - V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

    April 30, 1945 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide

  • Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies.

    May 7, 1945 - Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies.

  • Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government.

    June 5, 1945 - Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government.

  • United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.

    June 26, 1945 - United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.

  • First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.

    August 6, 1945 - First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.

  • Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan.

    August 9, 1945 - Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • United Nations is born

    October 24, 1945 - United Nations is born

  • Nuremberg war crimes trials begin

    November 20, 1945 - Nuremberg war crimes trials begin