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German Anschluss with Austria
Hitler wanted to unify all people of who spoke German.So he annexed Austria and demanded liberation of Czechoslovakia. -
Treaty of Munich
The Czechs were not represented at the meeting so Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier and Mussolini decided that Germany could have Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler marches in to Czechosolavkia -
Britain rearms and reassures Poland
Britain began arming themselves and Poland while assuring Poland that they had protection from Germany. -
Hitler invades Poland
Germany invades Poland -
Britain and France declare war
Britain and France declare war on Germany for them invading Poland -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler invaded these two countries in order to secure supply routes from Sweden and to break British naval blockades. -
Chamberlain resigns
Chamberlain resigns due to pressure from labor members. Winston Churchill takes over. -
Italy enter war on side of Axis powers
Italy enters the war on the side of axis powers on the hope of gaining riches from winning the war. -
Tripartite Pact
The pact of alliance was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Hitler attacks Russia – Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades Russia taking them by surprise. Russia had previously in 1939 signed a treaty with Germany. Stalin signed a treaty with Britain immediately signed a treaty with Britain. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese, who were already starting war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, as a start to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia. -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
After Pearl Harbour Britain and America declare war on Japan -
Battle of Midway
The USA defeats Japan at midway -
Axis surrender N Africa
Allied fores pushed into North Africa and forced the Axis out. -
Italy surrenders
Mussolini was thrown out of office and the new government had surrendered to Allies. Afterwards they agreed to join the Allie side of the war. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of Belgium. However, they were beaten back by the allies. -
D-Day
The allies attack Germany on the beaches of Normandy.Germany was unable to prevent Allied forces from storming into Normandy after they were given false information on an attack in Calais. -
Allies cross the Rhine
The allies cross the Rhine river while soviets approach form a different side. -
Death of Roosevelt
FDR dies in office and is succeeded by Truman -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagosaki
America drops two nuclear bombs in Japan causing thousand of deaths -
Atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Two A-bombs were dropped in Japan killing 160,000 Japanese -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter alongside his wife who had only been his wife for a few minutes. -
German forces surrender
Germany officially surrenders World War II -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war. All axis countries had surrendered from the war -
MacArthur accepts Japan’s surrender
Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s surrender. Formally ending the second world war 2
