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German Anschluss with Austria
Hitler annexed Austria, liberated the Sudetenland -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier, and Mussolini met in Munich, said Hitler should have Sudetanland -
Britain rearms and reassures Poland
Conscription introduced and Poland reassured -
Russia and Germany sign pact
Signed non-aggression pact -
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Phoney war
Months following declaration, Britain saw no military action. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler ignores treaty and invades and occupies Czechoslovakia -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invaded Poland -
Bitain and France declare war
War declared on Germany -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway -
British rout italians in N. Africa
Italian forces routed by british troops in africa -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler launched blitzkrieg war against Holland and Belgium -
Chamberlain resigns
Churchill became new leader -
Dunkirk
General Gort forced to retreat, men had to wait, 338,000 men were rescued -
Italy enter war on Axis powers
Italy entered on axis powers side, wanted the spoils -
France signs armistice with Germany
Petain, signed an armistice with Germany. -
Battle of Britain
RAF defended the heavy bombing from Hitler -
Tripartite Pact
pact of mutual alliance signed by germany, Italy, and japan -
italy and germany attack yugoslavia
italy and germany attack yugoslavia -
hitler attacks russia
Russia signed mutual assistance act following the attack -
pearl harbor
japan bombed pearl harbor -
britian and US declare war on japan
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japanese take singapore
captured Singapore taking 60,000 prisoners -
battle of midway
US navy defeated japan at this battle, pushing them back -
allies in N. Africa
general alexander given order to destroy german-italian army -
battle of stalingrad
Russians first victory against russia -
allies push into N. Africa
americans closed in on germany -
allies invade sicily
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allies take sicily
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allies meet at tehran
discussed post war settlements -
axis surrender N. Africa
british and American forces beat axis forces in N. Africa -
italy surrenders
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leningrad relieved
siege lifted by soviet army -
rome liberated
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japanese evicted from burma
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battle of the bulge
Germanys final defensive, pushed back -
D-day
big attack on normandy -
V2 flying bombs
first V2 flying bombs kill 3 people -
Paris liberated
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allies cross the rhine
allies cross the rhine while soviets approached berlin from the east -
death of roosevelt
succeeded by truman -
russians reach berlin
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mussolini captured and executed
captured by Italian partisans -
hitler commits suicide
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german forces surrender
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german forces surrender
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donitz offers unconditional surrender
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V.E. day
victory in Europe was celebrated -
churchill loses election
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atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima
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russia declares war on japan
invaded manchuria -
atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki
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japanese surrender
ended the war -
macarthur accepts japan's surrender
formally ended war