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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan launched a surprise attack and siezed control of the Chinese province of Manchuria. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany on Jan. 30, 1933. -
The Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was signed between Germany and France/Britain on Sep. 30, 1938 to give Germany the land of Sudetenland. -
Germans invade Poland
On Sep/1/1939 The German Luftwaffe began raining bombs on Poland Using the blitzkreig strategy. -
Germans invade Norway
Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway in order to "protect their freedom and independence". -
Germans invade France
On Jun 22 1940 France surrendered to Germany. -
Battle of Britain
Germany started bombing Britain on Jul 10 1940. They bambed military bases at first then they bombed civilians. -
Germans invade Soviet Union
On Jun 22 1941 Germany broke their treaty with the Soviet Union and invaded them in operation Barbarossa. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
In less than 2 hours Japanese killed 2,403 Americans in their invasion of Pearl Harbor. The US then entered the war. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
The Americans and Australians were the main Allied forces in the pacific. In a five-day battle against the Japanese, the Allied forces stopped the Japanese drive toward Australia in the first stopped Japenese invasion since Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Midway
Americans broke the code that the Japanese used and got the advantage in beating them in the battle of Midway. This gave the Allies a huge advantage. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
This battle was the first Allied offensive and Japan's first defeat on land. It lasted 6 months and the Allied forces had 19,000 troops at the begining. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted for weeks with the Germans attacking the city block by block.Eventualy winter set in and the Germans were easily defeated. -
Operation Torch
An Allied invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa. The Allies won the battle and beat back the pwerful tank force of the Desert Fox. -
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was an important battle between German and Soviet forces. When the Soviets won they crippled the German's Eastern Front forces. -
Italy surrenders
While fighting in Sicily, Italy realized that they don't stand much chance against the allies and later surrenders. -
D-Day
In the battle of D-Day Americans and British soldiers attacked Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beach in the largest land-sea-air operation in army history. After a long bloody battle, the Allies pushed back the Germans and took a large step into winning the war. -
Operation Market Garden
To push farther toward Germany the Allied forces needed to get to the lower Rhine River and circle the German heartland. It was a failure for the Allied forces and ender their hope of winning the war earlier. -
Battle of the Bulge
A month long battle between 8 German tank divisions and the Allied forces. In the end the Germans could only retreat so they did and the Allies won the battle. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
In this battle 70,000 Allied marines and 20,700 Japanese soldiers fought in a bloody island battle. The Allies won the battle and gained an island close to the Japanese mainland. -
Germany Surrenders (VE Day)
VE Day is the celebrating of Germany's defeat. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
The Bombing of Hiroshima was the first time an atomic bomb was used in battle and it was used by the Allies against the Japanese. The Japanese surendered soon after the Allies dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki. -
Japan Surrenders (VJ Day)
The surrender of Japan marking the and of the war.
