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Anschluss (ET)
Austria is annexed by Nazi Germany -
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Munich Agreement (ET)
Czechoslovakia was surrendered to Nazi Germany -
Nonagression Pact (ET)
A pact signed by both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The pact promised no military action between the two for 10 years. -
The Start of WW2 (ET)
Germany invades Poland from the air and on land. Bombs are dropped. -
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Miracle of Dunkirk (ET)
The British and other allied troops were bombarded by German forces in and captured. They miraculously escaped. -
Paris is captured (ET)
Paris fell to Nazi Germany -
Battle of Britian (ET)
Great Britain was bombed for 3 months by Nazi Germans in their Luttwaffe -
Black Thursday (ET)
An aircraft battle between the British and the Germans were the Germans lost -
Germany's surprise attack (ET)
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. -
Pearl Harbor (PT)
Japan bombs a naval base in the U.S. in Hawaii -
U.S. Declares War on Japan (ET)
Due to Pearl Harbor president Franklin D. Roosevelt declares war on Japan. -
United States enters ww2 (ET)
After the declaration of war on Japan, Germany declares war on the U.S. The U.S. is officially in WW2. -
Doolittle Raid (PT)
The United States initiates an air raid on Tokyo, the capital of Japan. -
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Battle of Midway (PT)
Naval battle that took place in the pacific theater where the U.S. navy intercepted a Japanese fleet going to the Midway Island. -
Battle of Stalingrad (ET)
The Soviet Union declared that the battle was over and the Germans surrendered. Also referred to as the 163 day battle. -
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Kasserine Pass (ET)
The Germans fight the allies in North Africa, where the U.S. loses for the first time. -
The Fall of Rome (ET)
Italy surrenders, and Mussolini the ruler of Italy would be executed and drug through the streets of Italy. -
D-Day (ET)
Allied forces invade Normandy beach. The allies would win. -
MacArthur Returns to the Phillippines (PT)
American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific during WW2 returns to the Philippines to give the "I Have Returned" speech. -
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Battle Of the Bulge (ET)
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. -
Iwo Jima (PT)
Americans capture an island located in Tokyo, Japan. -
First Bombings (PT)
The first atomic bombs were dropped on Osaka, Japan -
V-E Day (ET)
Standing for Victory in Europe day, the War has ended for Europe. -
Atomic Bombs Dropped (PT)
American bombs Nagasaki and Hiroshima -
V-J Day (PT)
Standing for Victory Over Japan Day, the war on the pacific front is finally over.