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Stock Market on Wall Street crashes
The stock market crash, or the Great Crash was the most devistating stock market crash in the history of the US. It sparked the beggnining of the greatest depression America has seen. -
Japan invading Manchuria
The Japan army invades manchuria right after the Mukden Incident. They also make a puppet state of Manchukuo and stayed their till the end of the war. -
Italy invades, annexes Ethiopia
Mussolini the fascist leader of italy, had adopted Hitler's plan to expand his territories. Mussolini expands his territory into Abyssinia, now Ethiopia. -
Japan invades China
Japan continues to invade, to expand their territory -
Germany takes over Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the third Reich. -
The Munich Agreement is signed
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Edouard Daladier, and Chamberlain sign the pact which seals the fate of Czechoslovakia, handing it over to Germany. -
German-Soviet Non-Aggression pact is signed
Surprisingly Germany and USSR sign a non aggression pact even though they have opposing thoughts. -
Germany invades Poland
The official start of WWII. German forces bombard Poland as Adolf HItler wants to regain land that he lost as a result of WWI. -
Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
Someone attempted to take the life of hitler. They hid a bomb in a brief case hoping hitler would die from the explosion. They failed. -
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The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is a battle that was fought between German air forces and the United Kingdoms. -
The Tripartite Pact is signed
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a pact and become allies. This forms the axis of evil powers, -
Pearl Harbor is bombed
Japan bombs pearl harbor. This was a poor decision on their part because they are going to feel the wraith of the United States of America. -
US declares war on Japan
After the attack on pearl harbor the US joins WWII. Declaring War on japan. -
Declaration of the UN is signed by 26 Allied nations
A group of allied forces got together to make a group designed to create peace through a democratic means, called the United Nations. -
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The Battle of Midway
The battle of Midwat was a crucial naval battle in the Pacific Theatre. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Was a major battle of WWII where Germant and its allies fought the soviet Union for the control of the city of Stalingrad -
Italian government surrenders
Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies. -
D-Day
More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a strethc of French coastline. THey fought NAzi Germany on the beaches of Normandy. The "turning point" of the war. -
Allied troops reach, liberate Paris from Nazi occupation
Allied troops fight in Paris to free them from Nazi control. -
Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans
The death of the Italian fascist dictator. -
HItler commits suicide in his bunker
Hitler was surrounded in Berlin. Hitler realized what was going to happen and decided to kill himself so he would not have to suffer, like Mussolini. -
V-E Day
The victory in Europe day, This marked the official surrender of Nazi Germany. -
Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima
The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima by the US. Killing more than a hundred thousand people. -
Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
The second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States. Resulting in the surrender of Japan. -
United Nations is born
The group designed to create peace through a Democratic means is officially born.
