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The Munich Agreement
Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy are forced to sign the Munich agreement, which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany. -
Germans violate the Munich Agreement
Germans invade Czech lands to form a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia -
Germany invades Poland
This initiates WW2 in Europe -
War on Germany
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany to honor their guarantee of Poland's borders -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
Denmark surrenders the day of Germany's invasion and Norway surrenders June 9 1940 -
Battle of Britain
This air war ends in a defeat for Nazi Germany -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the US joins the war -
Germans vs Soviet Union
The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union. In about a week, the Soviets and begin an offensive initiative of their own. -
Hitler dies
Hitler commits suicide -
Germans surrender
Germans surrender to the western allies -
Germans surrender
Germany surrenders to the Soviets -
The End
Japan surrenders, ending world war 2
