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Anschluss
Germany annexed Austria ET -
Munich Conference
Great Britain and France give Hitler Sudetenland. ET -
Nonaggression Pact
Germany and USSR agree not to fight. ET -
Germany invades Poland
WW2 starts ET -
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European Theater
ET= European Theater -
Battle of Britain
3 months of bombing in Great Britain. ET -
Miracle of Dunkirk
338,000 troops escaped German capture. ET -
Paris is captured by Germany
France surrenders to Germany. ET -
Germany invades USSR
Violates the Non-Aggression Pact ET -
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Pacific theater
PT= Pacific Theater -
US declares war on Japan
FDR address congress asking for Declaration of War on Japan. PT -
Germany Declares War on the US
Germany allied with Japan for help against the USSR. America declared war against Japan so Germany did too. ET/PT -
Doolittle Raids
American bombs fall on Japan for the first time. PT -
Battle of Midway
Turning point in war with Japan. PT -
Pearl Harbor
Unprovoked attack from Japan on America. PT -
Battle of Stalingrad
Turning point in the war for the Allies. ET -
Kasserine Pass
First battle America had against Germany (Bad Loss) ET -
D-Day
Allies land in Normandy, Free France. ET -
MacArthur returns to the Philippines
Famous "I Have Returned" speech PT -
Battle of the Bulge
The last German offensive- Allies won when the Nazis surprised attacked them ET -
Iwo Jima
Island captured by the US, Marines raise the flag after. PT -
VE Day
Germany surrenders ends war in Europe ET -
Fall of Rome
Italy is freed from German occupation ET -
Atomic Bomb Dropped
Over 120,000 people died in Hiroshima. PT -
VJ Day
Japan surrenders ending WW2 PT
