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World War Two

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  • Hitler Rises to Power

    Hitler Rises to Power
    Adolf Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany only to later assume dictatorial powers.
  • Beginning of World War II

    Beginning of World War II
    Germany invades Poland. Poland's allies Britain and France declare war on the Germans.
  • Stalin and the Soviet Union Invade Poland

    Stalin and the Soviet Union Invade Poland
    Working with Hitler, leader of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin invades Poland.
  • Germany Invades Norway

    Germany Invades Norway
    Germany invades Norway ending a 6-month period known as the "Phony War"
  • Churchill Becomes Prime Minister

    Churchill Becomes Prime Minister
    Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister. This is also the same day the Germans invaded Belgium
  • Nazis Occupy Paris

    Nazis Occupy Paris
    Paris falls to the Nazis and eleven days later the rest of France is occupied.
  • United States Enter the War

    United States Enter the War
    After the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor starting a war, Hitler also declares war on the U.S. four days later.
  • United States and Britain Declare War on Japan

    United States and Britain Declare War on Japan
    As a result of the Pearl Harbor attacks, the U.S. and Britain declare war on the Japanese.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    USA beats Japanese at the Battle of Midway. Victory allows United States to push the Japanese back.
  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    Russians beat Germany for the first time
  • Allies Take Sicily

    Allies Take Sicily
    U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily
  • Mussolini Surrenders

    Mussolini Surrenders
    After Mussolini was thrown out of office and the new government surrendered to the Allies, the Germans took control of the Italian army and used Mussolini as the head of a puppet government in North Italy
  • Battle of the Bulge

    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

    D-Day
    Allies launch an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy. Essential victory in the war.
  • FDR Dies

    FDR Dies
    President Roosevelt dies and is succeeded by Truman.
  • Mussolini Captured and Executed

    Mussolini Captured and Executed
    Italian partisans captured Mussolini and executed him.
  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler Commits Suicide
    The German leader, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress, Eva Braun, who he had, at the last minute, made his wife.
  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany Surrenders
    German forces in north west Germany, Holland and Denmark surrendered to Montgomery on Luneburg Heath
  • V.E. Day

    V.E. Day
    Victory in Europe was celebrated
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
    The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
  • Japanese Surrender

    Japanese Surrender
    After the second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, the Japanese surrender to the Allies ending the Second World War.