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The Munich Pack is broken
The Munich Pack is broken by Hitler because he invades the rest of Czechoslovakia. Hitler breaking the Munich Pack ends the British and French policy of Appeasment. -
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The "Phony War"
Not much happened on land at this time so it was dubbed the Phony War. -
Germany and Italy sign a pact
Italy with Germany sign a pact that have eachother pledge to support the other. -
Hitler and Stalin sign a nonaggression pact
Hitler thought that Germany lost the last war because they had to fight on two fronts. So to stop that sort of situation to happen again he signs a nonagression pact with Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany has decided to expand Eastward, but has to half Poland if they want to keep the Soviets happy. -
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Germany's Blitzkrieg
Germans hit the Polish with everything they have fast and hard. -
Soviets invade Poland
With Germany taking the Western half the Soviets take the Eastern half -
Soviet Union invade Finland
The Soviets wants military bases in Finland, but Finland won't give, so the Soviets invade.11 -
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Soviets invade Finland
The Soviet Union wants Finnish military bases, but Finland won't give so the Soviets try to attack. -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Both countries have a different way of dealing with it. Denmark didn't fight back instead choosing to fight without fighting. Norway thought that they could actually take on Germany. -
Germany invades the smaller countries
Germany is now really starting to invade, invading Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Luxembourg accepts defeat without trying to fight. The other two however, want to fight and lose. -
German forces break through the Ardennes
The Germans break through the Ardennes Forest area north of the Maginot line, which was a surprise move. Doing this they cut off British and French troops in Northern France. -
The Dutch fall
The Dutch, like everyone else, has fallen to the German, even with the British support. -
Belgium surrenders
Belgiums leader, King Leopold, surrenders. -
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The Dunkirk evacuation
360,000 allied soldiers are evacuated from Dunkirk. Their equipment was left behind. -
Battle of France
The Germans smashed through French defenses as the army was falling apart. -
Norway falls
Norway, who thought that they could keep back Germany, falls. (Which surprised no one) -
Germans occupy Paris
By this time France is under Germany's control. The Nazis then occupy Paris. -
The Franco-German Armistice
France, having deep conflicts within itself, calls for an Armistice to be signed with Germany in the forest of Compiègne. -
Battle of Britain
Hitler bombed Britain with hundreds German plane nearly every day. -
America says No more materials for Japan
Japan, being a not that big of an island, doesn't have many materials, so they get other nations to sell them these materials However, America stops sending materials to Japan because of their mass gathering of land. -
The Axis are completed
The Japanese sign a pact called the Tripartite, or Axis, with Germany and Italy. -
Britain is Defended
Hitler thought that he would be able to invade Britain, while his German air force, the Luftwaffe, could drive the RAF out of the skies. They couldn't. The RAF drove the Luftwaffe from Britain. And Hitler never thought of invading Britain again. -
United they stand
The 26 nations of the Allied forces then pledged that there would be no seperate peace until victory was theirs. -
Britain Off the Hook?!
After all this time in the war and the bombing campaign Germany did, Britain announced that they would no longer have the money to pay for the war materials the United States have been selling them. The U.S. congress granted president Roosevelt to lease arms and supplies to countries he thought would be beneficial to the protection of the U.S. There was a lot of tanks, guns, planes, and other war goods frome America to Britain and the other Allied nations. -
America is a Major Donator
America gives the Allied countries so many war goods that it earned the name, the Arsenal of Democracy. -
America: In the War, But Not Really
America, being the good guys and gals they are, officially declare that Greenland is under their protection for the rest of the war. -
Germany vs. USSR
The Germans invade the Soviet Union, breaking their non-aggression pact. -
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Roosevelt meets Churchill
They talked on a boat off the coast of Newfoundland and made a document saying what the Allies' war aims were. -
Tojo Hideki
He became premiere of Japan -
Peace With Japan?
The American Secratary of State, Cordell Hull, says they will fully support Japan if they stop they leave China and no longer support the Axis. -
Soviets Stay Strong
The snowy weather stops Germany's advances. The Soviets drive Germany back to Moscow and Leningrad. -
Japan takes the islands
They take the Pacific, Wake Islands,a dn Guam -
Roosevelt and Hirohito meet
Roosevelt meets with Hirohito to discuss peace. -
Pearl Harbor :(
The Japanese accuse the United States of standing in the way of the "new order in east Aisia. So the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor for two-hours, killing 2,300 Americans. And destroying many ships. -
All the fighters are in
two and a half hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan declares war on the US. -
.... Or not.....China joins the fight (Officially)
They issued a formal declaration of war on Japan, Germany, and Italy. -
US loses stuff
The U-boats start operating off the coast of the US. They most they loss at once is 10,000 tons. -
The PREVIEW
They bomb Tokyo. Not accomplishing much, but shows what will coem. -
Japan's expansive
The Phillipines, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, Burma, and parts of New Britain and New Guinea end up to the Japanese. -
The battle of Midway Island
The Americans and Japanes battle for Hawaii islands. The Americans lost a carrier, a destroyer, and 150 planes. The Japanese though, lost four aircraft carriers, two heavy cruisers, three destroyers, and 330 planes. -
Genral Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Dwight D. Eisenhower lands in French North Africa. He alllows the Allies to take the key points in Algeria and Morocco in a few days. -
Soviet COUNTERattack
They finnaly win back Stalingrad, Kharkiv, and Smolensk. -
The US pushes Japan back
The US reclaim Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. -
D-day
The Americans, British men, and Canadians invade Normandy beaches. Within a week the Allies established beach heads. -
Germany is defeated
The Allies make it half way through Germany -
Mussolini killed
He is caught and killed -
Hitler dead?!
Hitler is found dead, by suicide. -
Japan is bombed x2
Japan is hit with 2 atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This killed about 120,000 people. -
The end
The Japanese formally surrender to the Allies.
