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Unification of Austria and Germany
Date: March 1939 -
GB and France give Hitler Sudetenland
Date: September 1939 -
Germany and USSR agree not to fight
Date: August 1939 -
Start of WWII
Date: September 1939 -
338,000 troops escape German capture
Date: June 4, 1940 -
France surrenders to Germany
Date: June 14, 1939 -
3 month bombing of Great Britain
Date: August 1940 -
Violates Non Aggression Treaty
Date: June 1941 -
Japan Unprovoked Attack of U.S.
Date: December 7, 1941 -
FDR makes speech to congress “a date that will live in infamy”
Date: December 8, 1941 -
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
Date: December 11, 1941 -
American bombs fall in japan for first time
Date: April 12, 1942 -
Turning point in war with Japan
Date: June 4, 1942 -
10 month battle ends, turning point in War
Date: February 1943 -
First US Battle Against Germany (big loss)
Date: February 1943 -
Italy Surrenders and Mussolini is executed
Date: May 1944 -
Allies land at Normandy- Liberation of France
Date: June 6, 1944 -
Famous speech "I Have Returned"
Date: October 1944 -
Last German Offense-Allies Win
Date: December 1944 -
Island Captured by the US Marines Raise Flag
Date: February 1945 -
WWII Ends in Europe
Date: May 8, 1945 -
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima
Date: August 6, 1945 -
WWII Ends in Japan
Date: August 15, 1945