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1937 Invasion of China
The Second- Sino Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China. Military activity was intensified on the part of Japan. -
1938 Treaty of Munich
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation, the "Sudetenland", was coined. -
1939 Slovaks Declare Independence
Hitler invited Tiso the leader of the Slovaks to Berlin. Hitler said he would support him if he separated Slovakia from Czechoslovakia or the Slovakia territory will be divided under Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland. On March 14, 1939 Slovakia declared independence, calling itself now the Slovak Republic. -
1939 Nazi Germany and Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement
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The Nazi's signed the non-aggressional pact with the Soviet union because Hitler disliked the photograph taken when the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was signed in the Kremlin because it showed Stalin with a cigarette in his hand. Hitler felt the cigarette was unsuited to the historic occasion and had it airbrushed from the photo when it was published in Germany. -
1939 Germany Invades Poland
After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. The Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland on September 17, 1939. -
1939 Great Britain and France Declare War on Germany
Britain and France declare war on Germany. Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. At 1115 BST the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the British deadline for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland had expired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaCOwfA_ti8 -
1939 Soviet Union Invades Poland From the East
The Soviet invasion of Poland was a Soviet military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939. On that morning, 16 days after Germany invaded Poland from the west, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east. -
1939 Warsaw Surrenders Polish Gov. Flees into Exile
On this day in 1939, 140,000 Polish troops are taken prisoner by the German invaders as Warsaw surrenders to the superior mechanized forces of Hitler's army. The Poles fought bravely, but were able to hold on for only 26 days. Germany and Soviet Union divide Poland between them.
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1940 Soviet Union Invades Finland, initiating Winter War
The Winter War. Russo-Finnish War, also called Winter War, (November 30, 1939–March 12, 1940), war waged by the Soviet Union against Finland at the beginning of World War II, following the conclusion of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (August 23, 1939). -
1940 Germany Invades Denmark and Norway
Officially Germany claimed to be protecting Denmark from a British invasion. At 4:15 on the morning of 9 April 1940, German forces crossed the border into neutral Denmark. In a coordinated operation, German ships began disembarking troops at the docks in Copenhagen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z809QvwdS6U -
1940 Germany Attacks Western Europe. France and the Neutral Low Countries
Germany attacked in the west on May 10, 1940. At first, the British and French commanders believed the German forces would attack through central Belgium as they had in World War I, and rushed forces to the Franco-Belgian border to meet the German attack. -
1940 The Battle of Britain
By late 1940 Britain faced the threat of a German invasion, but the incursion would succeed only with air superiority. What followed was the first major campaign fought by opposing air forces. For four months the German Luftwaffe carried out attacks on British airfields, radar stations, and aircraft factories, and bombed British cities, too.Luftwaffe scaled down their operations and Hitler's Invasion plans were put on hold. -
1940 Japan, Italy, and Germany sign the Tripirate Act
The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburō Kurusu. The purpose of the Tripirate Act was, to show The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. -
1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. Japan wanted to expand in the Pacific.
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1941 Nazi Germany and Axis Partners Declare War on U.S.
Although Hitler had made an oral agreement with his Axis partner Japan that Germany would join a war against the United States, he was uncertain as to how the war would be engaged. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor answered that question. -
1942 Japan Battle of the Coral Sea
After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese aimed to invade New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. U.S. forces, aided by some Australian ships, moved to intercept them. This produced the first naval battle fought at long range between aircraft carriers. Dive bombers and torpedo bombers attacked ships protected by screens of fighters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkQnn9hVVUY -
1942 The Second Battle of Kharkov
The Second Battle of Kharkov or Operation Fredericus was an Axis counter-offensive in the region around Kharkov against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted 12–28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II. The result was Axis Victory. -
1944 Japan Battle of the Philippine Sea
The Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19–20, 1944) was a major naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War.
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1945 Soviet Union Declares War on Japan and Invaded Manchuria
At 11pm Trans-Baikal time on August 8, 1945, Soviet foreign minister Molotov informed Japanese ambassador Satō that the Soviet Union had declared war on the Empire of Japan, and that from August 9 the Soviet Government would consider itself to be at war with Japan.
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1945 Victory Day of Japan
The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri. This ends WWII
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