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Japan invades China.
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It was when Germany took over the demilitarised land that they already had political control over, but was not allowed under the Treaty of Versailles to take complete control of. He went against that treaty and brought Nazi troops in to reopen the land.
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Italy invades Ethiopia as a way to test Britian and France to see if they would do anything to stop Italy.
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Francisco Franco comes into power. Ends in 1939.
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Hitler annexs the smaller nation, Austria, into Germany. He tries to reunite the German people in his former city.
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Britian and France surrender Sudetenland in Czechoslovia to Germany as honor of the peace treaty, Treaty of Versailles.
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A night where thousands of Jewish businesses were ruined and over 100 Jews died.
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Germany iniates the invasion of Poland with bombs and tanks, which leads to the Soviet Union, USSR, following. Britian and France don't do anything to stop them, and it marks the start of World War II.
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Japan invades U.S. naval area, Pearl Harbor. This is what lead the U.S. to enter World War II.
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The first battle against Japan and the allies won. They broke the Japanese code and crippled their navy. This was planned by Chester Nimitz.
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Germans push through Soviet Union violating Nazi-Soviet Pact. Capture Stalingrad and oil reserves.
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Invasion of North Africa in 1942. The U.S. pushes from the West, and the British push from the East trying to get the Germans out of Africa. Lead by Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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This was the first fight against an axis power in Europe for the allies. They meet with Germany but the damage is already done; allies get a win.
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Mussolini was recently deposed and Italy surrendered shortly after. This was the first Axis Power to surrender after the allies entered Rome.
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An enormous opperation led by General Dwight Eisenhower. Allied invasion of Normand, France.
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Largest and last battle the U.S. fought against Japanese. It was the most decisive naval engagement in the Pacific.
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This was HItler's last major offensive. He enters France from the Western Front to stop the U.S, USSR, and Great Britain.
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It was a six week struggle for the allies to gain an island in the Pacific. Very bloody!
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This was a one week conferene with FDR, Churchill, and Stalin devises a post war plan for the reorganization of Europe.
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The bloodiest battle fought in the Pacific. Took Japan five days before they attacked the U.S; resulted in 49,000 Japanese dead.
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German government announces they are done with the war. This day is now known as V-E (Victory in Europe) Day; there is much rejoices in the allied countries.
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This lasted to the first week of August. This was basically the continutation of the Yalta Conference. Instead of FDR, Harry S Truman was there because FDR died.
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This is known as Victory in Japan Day, which is the day that formally ended the war with Japan against the U.S.. Official surrender ceremonies were lead by General MacArthur.
