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World War II

By SnarkyGoblin

  • Japan Starts us Off

    The Japanese army invades Manchuria.

  • Formation of the "Axis"

    Hitler and Mussolini sign a treaty of friendship and form the "Axis".

  • Death

    Hitler orders the first euthanasia on a German "unworthy of life", the beginning of program T4 to eliminate all physical and mentally handicapped citizens.

  • Pear Harbor

    The Japanese navy attacks the USA fleet at Pearl Harbor.

  • War

    Britain and the USA declare war on Japan.

  • Final Solution

    Reinhard Heydrich plans a "final solution" for the Jews, with Adolf Eichmann in charge of rounding up all Jews outside Poland, and Jews executed upon arrival in Minsk, Kaunas and Riga.

  • Japan Again

    Australia and the USA crush the last Japanese resistance at Buna in New Guinea, ending the myth of Japanese invincibility.

  • D-Day

    The Allies land in Normandy and begin the invasion of France ("D-Day") in the largest amphibious operation of all times, involving more than 5,000 ships and 8,000 aircraft.

  • The Fall of Hitler

    While Soviet troops close in on his bunker, Adolf Hitler commits suicide together with Joseph Goebbels.

  • The Rise of the U.N.

    The winning powers create the United Nations.