WWII By Cmendez1934 Feb 4, 1937 1937-Japan and china Officially at war. Feb 4, 1938 1938-Germany took over austria and Czechoslovakia Feb 4, 1938 1938-made a secret order to secretly “kill” all children under 5 with signs of disabilities. Feb 4, 1939 1939- Germany invades Poland. World War II begins. Feb 4, 1939 1939- France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. Feb 4, 1940 1940- Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway. Feb 4, 1940 1940- Formal alliance with Germany and Italy Feb 4, 1940 1940- Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government. Feb 4, 1940 1940- Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers. Feb 4, 1941 1941- Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops. Feb 4, 1941 1941- The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies. Feb 4, 1942 1942- The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. Feb 4, 1943 1943- Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy. Feb 5, 1944 1944- D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans. Feb 5, 1944 1944- The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army. Feb 5, 1945 1945- US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island. Feb 5, 1945 1945- US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President Harry Truman. Feb 5, 1945 1945-Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war. Feb 5, 1945 1945 - Germany surrenders to the Allies. Feb 5, 1945 1945 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated. Feb 5, 1945 1945 - Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Feb 5, 1945 1945 - Japan surrenders to US General Douglas MacArthur and the Allies.
