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Japan invades Manchuria.
Japanes invade the land of Manchuria which brings a tension to the war between the Soviets and the Japanese -
Munich Conference
Hitler met with head of France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. An agreement was reached that Hitler could annex the Sudetenland and he promised not to invade anywhere else -
Signing a non-aggresion pact.
Stalin and Hitler sign a pact that they were to not attack each other during the war, -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invading Poland was the official start of the war. German troops invaded Poland a week after signing the Molotov- Ribbentrop Pact. Which is the non-aggresion pact between Germany and the Soviet Union. -
Germnay invades Denmark and Norway
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surenders on the day of the attack Norway lasts until June 9 -
Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was a major battle in World War 2 there was over two and a half million Russians who were killed in this battle. -
Hitler betrays Stalin
Hitler attacks Germany even though they have a non-aggresion pact. Leading to the battle of Stalingrad -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Everything was fine with us until this very point. As the United States decided to stay nuetral Japan had to push our buttons. This is the offical beginning of the United States entering the war. When Japan attacks one of our most used and biggest military bases. -
USA declares war on Japan
After Pearl Habor on Dec. 8 we enter the war against Japan -
Germany sends attack to Soviet Union
The Germans launch a massive tank offensive near Kursk in the Soviet Union -
D- Day
More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy -
The war proceeds well for allied powers
British and US troops successfully land on the Normandy -
Axis has one less
Finland concludes an armistice with the Soviet Union, leaving the Axis partnership. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, -
Soviets fight back
The Soviets launch a new offensive, liberating Warsaw and Krakow in January -
Victory in Europe Day
The marking of the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Bombing on Hiroshima
This was the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Japan (besides all the other bombs this one impacted much more.) This bomb alone killed about 78,000 people and injuring 100,000 more -
Soviets join the war against Japan
Soviets said that after 3 months of us being in the war fighing on the Pacific they said they would join the war against Japan -
Bombing on Nagasaki
This was the second atomic bomb that was dropped in Japan. This bomb killed another 40,000 people -
Japan Surrenders
By the end of the summer of 1945 the Japanese air force and naval bases were completely destroyed and they has no other choice but to surender
