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Austria is annexed by Nazi Germany -
Czechoslovakia was surrendered to Nazi Germany
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A pact signed by both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The pact promised no military action between the two for 10 years. -
Germany invades Poland from the air and on land. Bombs are dropped. -
The British and other allied troops were bombarded by German forces in and captured. They miraculously escaped.
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Paris fell to Nazi Germany -
Great Britain was bombed for 3 months by Nazi Germans in their Luttwaffe -
An aircraft battle between the British and the Germans were the Germans lost -
Germany attacked the Soviet Union and began the mass murder of soviet Jews. This is a betrayal of the pact signed between the Soviet Union and Germany years earlier. -
Japan bombs a naval base in the U.S. in Hawaii -
Due to Pearl Harbor president Franklin D. Roosevelt declares war on Japan. -
After the declaration of war on Japan, Germany declares war on the U.S. The U.S. is officially in WW2. -
The United States initiates an air raid on Tokyo, the capital of Japan. -
Naval battle that took place in the pacific theater where the U.S. navy intercepted a Japanese fleet going to the Midway Island.
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The Soviet Union declared that the battle was over and the Germans surrendered. Also referred to as the 163 day battle. -
The Germans fight the allies in North Africa, where the U.S. loses for the first time.
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Italy surrenders, and Mussolini the ruler of Italy would be executed and drug through the streets of Italy. -
Allied forces invade Normandy beach. The allies would win. -
American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific during WW2 returns to the Philippines to give the "I Have Returned" speech. -
The last major German offensive act in WW2. The Germans would surprised the allied forces, but the ally forces would win at the end of the battle.
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Americans capture an island located in Tokyo, Japan. -
The first atomic bombs were dropped on Osaka, Japan -
Standing for Victory in Europe day, the War has ended for Europe. -
American bombs Nagasaki and Hiroshima -
Standing for Victory Over Japan Day, the war on the pacific front is finally over.