World War II

Japan invades Manchuria.

Sep 19, 1931

Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss.

Mar 11, 1938

Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement

Sep 29, 1938

It orces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.

France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.

Mar 31, 1939

The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.

Sep 17, 1939

US troops halt the Japanese island-hopping advance towards Australia at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

Nov 1, 1942

US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in French North Africa.

Nov 8, 1942

The failure of the Vichy French troops to defend against the invasion enables the Allies to move swiftly to the western border of Tunisia, and triggers the German occupation of southern France on November 11.

US and British troops land on Sicily.

Jul 10, 1943

By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.

British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans.

Jun 6, 1944

US troops land in the Philippines.

Oct 20, 1944

US troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.

Mar 7, 1945

The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Aug 6, 1945