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Japan invades China, starting WWII in Asia
Japan invades China, starting WWII in Asia -
France and Great Britain tell Poland that they will protect them from Germany
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Germany invades Poland which starts WWII in Europe.
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Because Germany invades Poland, France and Britain declare war on Germany
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Warsaw Surrenders and Germany and Russia divide Poland in half.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
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Germany attack Western Europe
Germany attacks Western Europe. Luxembourg is Invaded on May 10; the Netherlands surrenders on May 14; and Belgium surrenders on May 28. On June 22, France signs an armistice agreement that says that Germany can occupy the north half of France and the Atlantic coast. -
Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
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The allies defeat Germany in the Battle of Britain.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
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Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania join the Axis
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Bulgaria joins the Axis.
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Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.
The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II. Japan Invades the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Singapore. By April 1942, all the territories were under Japanese control. -
The axis declares war on the United States.
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Britain and the US fight against Japan at the Battle of Midway which stops Japanese troops from spreading across the Pacific.
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Soviet troops attack the Germans in Russia and drive them out of Stalingrad.
Soviet troops attack the Germans in Russia and drive them out of Stalingrad. The Germans were not allowed to retreat, so most of them died. The few people left from Germany’s Sixth Army surrender on January 30 and February 2, 1943. -
Germany’s North African campaign ends when the allies defeat them in Tunisia.
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The Allies have control of Sicily by the middle of August.
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The Italian government surrenders unconditionally to the Allies.
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The Allies free Rome. Because that The Allies are in Italy they are able to attack east Germany for the first time.
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The Allies storm the beaches of Normandy opening up the Second Front against Germany.
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The Allies are able to free Paris and the rest of France from German control. By September, all of France, most of Belgium and part of the Netherlands are freed from German control.
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US troops land in the Philippines.
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Germans start fighting the Battle of the Bulge to try to retake Belgium. By January 1st Germany begins to retreat.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Japan agrees to an unconditional surrender, and on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
