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  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler was named chancellor after the parliamentary elections of July and November 1932 had not resulted in the formation of a majority government
  • Russia and Germany sign pact

    Russia and Germany sign pact

    Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non aggression pact. they did it because an agreement of convenience between two bitter enemies
  • Treaty of Munich

    Treaty of Munich

    The leaders of Britain, France, and Italy agreed to the German annexation of the Sudetenland in exchange for a pledge of peace from Hitler
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  • Hitler invades Poland

    Hitler invades Poland

    German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression
  • Phoney War

    Phoney War

    The period was at the begging world war ll between September 1939 and April 1940 when there was little fighting.
  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg

    Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on this new military tactic of Blitzkrieg
  • Chamberlain resigns

    Chamberlain resigns

    Chamberlain resigned as Prime Minister
  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    the evacuation from Dunkirk involved the rescue of more than 338,000
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    The German armies eventually captured some five million Soviet Red Army troop
  • pearl harbour

    pearl harbour

    Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor decimating the US Pacific Fleet.
  • Britain and US declare war on Japan

    Britain and US declare war on Japan

    The government of the United Kingdom declared war on the Empire of Japan on 8 December 1941, following the Japanese attacks on British Malaya
  • doolittle raiders

    doolittle raiders

    Most of them were tortured and executed for giving aid
  • Battle of El Alamein

    Battle of El Alamein

    The Axis army of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army
  • Allies invade North Africa

    Allies invade North Africa

    a demand for early action against the European members of the Axis
  • Italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders

    Italian people got defended by Military
  • D-Day in Normandy

    D-Day in Normandy

    brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history
  • paris liberated

    paris liberated

    an uprising of the population against the Germans on 19 August made it necessary.
  • German Anschluss of Austria

    German Anschluss of Austria

    Austria was occupied by the Allies and proclaimed independence from Germany
  • Japanese surrender

    Japanese surrender

    It was the deployment of a new and terrible weapon. the atomic bomb which forced the Japanese into a surrender
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    The Japanese city of Hiroshima was devastated by the first bomb that was nickedname little boy in 1945. caused the deaths of an estimated 120,000 people within the first four days of the bomb.