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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria for natural resources. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler of the Nazi party becomes Chancellor of Germany promising to bring Germany back to glory. -
Reichstag fire
Hitler and the Nazi Party use the fire to gain control of the German government. -
Germany withdraws form the League of Nations
Hitler withdraws Germnay from the league in order to begin re-arming and mobilizing his German army. -
Italy invades Ethipoia
Mussolini and the Italian forces invade and take over the country of Ethipoia on the horn of Africa -
Germany moves into the Rhineland
Germany has entered the DMZ between France and Germany -
Anschluss
Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich on 12 March 1938 -
Germany Occupies Czechoslovakia
Nazi Germany invaded and occupied the Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia -
Germany claims the Sudentenland
leaders of Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia -
Munich Conference
Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, which gives Nazi Germnay the Sudetenland -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland after a staged Polish attack on Germany -
Britain and France declare war
British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced that unless Germany agreed to withdraw their recent aggression against Poland, a state of war would exist between the two countries. -
Dunkirk Evacuation
The evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France as the German armies were closing in on them. -
The Fall of France
The successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, defeating primarily French forces. -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese had a suprise attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor -
USA decalres War on Japan
United States Congress declared war upon the Empire of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day. -
Italy Surrenders
Italy surrenders to the allies, and signs an unconditional armistice with the Allies. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy begins into France -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. -
Benito Mussolini is executed
Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide by gun shot in his bunker in Berlin. -
The Fall of Berlin
The Soviet attack on Berlin was the final major offensive in World War 2 and led to the fall of Berlin. -
Germany Surrenders
the German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France. -
Victory in Europe Day
This day marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
The participants were the victorious allies of World War II, who had gathered to decide how to administer Germany -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
the United States used its atomic bomb the, "Little Boy" against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, was the equivalent of 20000 tons of TNT -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagaski
The, "Fat Man" plutonium bomb is dropped on Nagaski, Japan. -
Victory over Japan Day
US citizens celebrate the victory over Japan in Times Square -
Surender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.
