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Nazi's take over
Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Chamberlain resigns as Britain's prime minister, Churchill takes over. -
Germans Launch Attacks
Germans launch attack in Balkins. Yugoslavia surrenders, General Mihajlovic continues guerrilla warfare. Nazi tanks enter Athens; remnants of British Army quit Greece. Hitler attacks Russia. Read more: World War II (1939–1945) | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html#ixzz2kSwGeFdI -
British Surrender
British surrender Singapore to Japanese. Roosevelt orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in western U.S. to be exiled to relocation centers, many for the remainder of the war. -
Casablanca Conferance
Casablanca Conference, Churchill and FDR agree on unconditional surrender goal. German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of war in Russia -
U.S and British Tropps
U.S. and British troops land at Anzio on west Italian coast and hold beachhead. U.S. and British troops enter Rome. D-Day, Allies launch Normandy invasion. Hitler wounded in bomb plot. Paris liberated. -
Yalta Agreement
Yalta Agreement signed by FDR, Churchill, Stalin, establishes basis for occupation of Germany, returns to Soviet Union lands taken by Germany and Japan, USSR agrees to friendship pact with China. Mussolini killed at Lake Como. Admiral Doenitz takes command in Germany, suicide of Hitler announced. Berlin falls. Germany signs unconditional surrender terms at Rheims.
