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  • Japan invades Manchuria

    The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.
  • Hitler appointed Chancellor

    Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany.
  • Germany reoccupies Rhineland

  • Germany invades Poland

  • The Nazis ivaded France

  • The Germans bombed Paris

  • Japanese invade the Phillipenes

    The japanese were on a roll of victory after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and celebrated conquering the Phillipenes.
  • Hitler invades the USSR

  • Japan invades Pearl Harbor

    Probably the most shocking event the U.S faced in the whole wwII period, besides their own tragedy of dropping two nuclear bombs.
  • U.S declares war on Japan

    After the attack on Pearl Harbor (which the U,S was not prepared for), It really opened up their eyes on a plan to get back at the Japanese: therefore, declaring war.
  • Japanese conquer Singapore

    The 4th victory of the Japanese was the taking of Singapore. building up their reputation of attacks
  • Netherlands East Indies falls to Japan

  • Battle of Midway

    Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo on Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable.
  • Allies invade italy

  • Italy declares war on Germany

    After the Germans invaded Italy, when Italy was totally unprepared, They declared war on Germany.
  • Battle of Normady

    The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II; the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place.
  • Germany Nazis surrender

    After the horrible tragedies brought on by the Nazis, they surrendered after a threat. Most fled and others had killed themselves.
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people
  • Atomic bombing of Nagasaki

    In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people
  • Japan surrenders

    After the dropping of the two atomic bombs, japan, exhausted from war, surrenders and gives up.