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Neutrality Act
FDR signs the Neutrality Act which bans the arming of American Merchant ships -
W.H. Auden's Poem
wrote poem on the outbreak of WWII -
Invasion of Poland
also known as the September Campaign were Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invade Poland -
Britain and France Declare war
they declare war after hitler invades Poland -
Hitler Defeats France
British forces retreat from France -
Italy Attacks France
Mussolini attacks France from the south -
Lend-Lease Program
FDR proposes this program to give arms to Great Britain -
Soviet Union Joins the Allies
After Germany invades Soviet Union they join the Allied Powers -
Pearl Harbor is bombed
Japanese plans attacked the Unites States Naval base at Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle which was the start of the USSR pushing the Nazi's back to Berlin -
D-Day
American, British, and Canadian forces invaded Normandy, France -
Battle of the Bulge
Last major German offensive. between the US and Germany -
Battle of Iwo Jima
American invasion of Japanese airbases on the island of Iwo Jima -
Battle of Berlin
Red Army attacks Berlin ending the war in Europe -
Hitler commits suicide
He commits suicide in his bunker however his body was never found -
Germany Surrenders
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V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)
Great Britain and the US rejoice the defeat of the Nazi war machine in WWII -
Bombing of Hiroshima
US drops first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima -
Bombing of Nagasaki
US drops second Nuclear bomb on Nagasaki -
V-J Day (Victoryover Japan Day)
Japan surrounded to the Allies, which ended WWII -
Nuremberg Trials
Nazi officers are put on trial and hung for war crimes -
Yalta Conference
Allied powers meeting about what to do with Berlin and Germany. They decided both would be divided in half one half controlled by the US and the other by the USSR
