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Anschluss (European)
Unification of Austria and Germany -
Munich Conference (European)
Great Britain and France gave Hitler Sudetenland -
Nonagression Pact (European)
Germany and USSR agree not to fight -
Germany invades Poland (European)
Start of WWII -
Miracle at Dunkirk (European)
338,000 troops escape German capture -
Germany invades USSR ( European)
Violates nonagression treaty -
Paris captured (European)
France surrenders to Germany -
Battle of Britain (European)
3 months of bombing Great Britain -
Pearl Harbor (Pacific)
Japan unprovoked attack of the US -
US Declares War on Japan ( Pacific)
FDR makes speech to congress "..a date that will in infamy" -
Germany declares war on US
Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR -
Doolittle Raid (Pacific)
Americans bombs fall in Japan for the first time -
Battle of Midway (Pacific)
Turning point in war with Japan -
Battle of Stalingrad (European)
10 month battle ends. Turning point in War -
Kasserine Pass (European)
First US battle against Germany. (Bad Loss) -
Rome Falls (European)
Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed -
D-Day (European)
Allies land at Normady- Liberation of France -
MacArthur returns to the Philippines (Pacific)
Famous speech "I have returned" -
Battle of the Bulge (European)
Last German offense- Allies win -
Iwo Jima (Pacific)
Islands captured by US. Marines raise flag -
V-E Day (European)
War ends in Europe -
Atomic Bomb dropped (Pacific)
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima -
V-J Day (Pacific)
WWII ends in Japan