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WWII
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Mussolini ceates Axis
Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an Axis -
Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other, mainly fascist, governments) on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the Third (Communist) International -
Munich agreement
on September 29, Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier, and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini met in Munich, where Mussolini introduced a written plan that was accepted by all as the Munich Agreement -
Sudetenland Medal
the Sudetenland Medal was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded in the interwar period. -
The Hitler-Stalin Pact
nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded -
Germans invade Poland
some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany -
Germany invades Norway and Denmark
German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities -
Hitler gains victory over France
After a couple months France surrenders to Germany -
Battle of Britain
the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain, which will last three and a half months, begins -
Invasion of the Soviet Union
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor bombed
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii -
United States declares war on Japan
After the bombing , Unites States declares war on Japan