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