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First Neutrality Act id passed
Congress passd the Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to the US -
Signing of the Rome-Berlin Axis
The linking of 2 fascist countries: Italy and Germany -
Signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact
Anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan and was directed against the Third International -
Hitler declares Austria as part of the Third Reich
Hitler invaded Austria and claimed it as German Austria -
The Munich Confrence is called
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi's annexation of portions of other contries mainly inhabited by German speakers -
German Troops invade Czechoslovakia
This happened when Germany, Italy, France, and Great Brtain signed the Munich Pact saying that Czechoslovakia has to be taken off the map -
Mussolini invades Albania
Mussolini invades becasue of other imperialistic things from the Albanians -
German-Soviet Non-Agression Pact signed
A pact that stated the Soviets and Germans will not take any military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany attacks Poland
start of the Invasion of Poland -
The Soviet Union attacks Finland
Finland was attack by the Soviets in a battle that was supposed to be easy but turned out being challenging -
Germans invade the Netherlands, Beguim, and Luxenbourg
Germans take down these 3 nations, and each take 1 day to take over -
Germans invade Denmark and Norway
an invasion that the Germans took over Normay and Denmark -
Winston Churchhill is named as Prime Minister of Great Britain
Winston Churchhill become prime minister -
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Evacuation at Dunkerque
Allied soldiers were evacuated of the beach and harbor of Dunkirk -
Mussolini declares war on Great Britain and France
This day Italy declared war on Great Britain and France because he had to live up to Hitler and he was running out of raw materials -
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force. -
Japan forms an alliance with Germany and Italy
With Japan making an alliance with Nazi Germany and Italy they made the big 3 Axis powers -
Erwin Rommel takes control of Libya
Takes control of Libya and gets a new name as "the Desert Fox" -
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Germany attacks Soviet Union
The operation was called Operation Barbarbossa -
Churchhill and Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter
Joint Declation that was signed 2 weeks earlier in Newfoundland -
Pearl Harbor is attacked
Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japanese making US going into WWII -
US Congress declares war on Japan
The US decides to go into WWII from the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. -
Wannsee Confrence
Meeting of senior officials in Nazi Germany -
Bataan Death March
The US surrender on the Baatan Penninsula on the main Philippine Island of Luzon to Japanese -
Battle of Midway
Naval Battle in the Pacific that was fought from June 3, 1942 to June 7, 1942 -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle on the Eastrern Front of WWII where Nazi Germany fought the Soviets to gain the city of Stalingrad. -
MacArthur lands in the Philippines
MacArthur lands in Phlippines as a General for the US to fight the Japanese -
D-Day
Operations land on Normandy Beaches for the allied invasion on Axis -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe is the meaning and it is when WWII accepts the Allies won from the Nazi's surrender -
Potsdam Confrence
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill , and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
V-J Day
The day that Truman declared the war over and V-J Day was made in celebration.
