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League of Nations
Germany Withdraws From the League of Nations. -
Rhineland
Hitler moves millitary into the Rhineland. This is a demilitarized zone between France and Germany. -
Anchluss
Germany takes in Austria. The reasoning behind this was that they were German speaking people and they belonged to Germany. -
Munich Conference
The meeting of Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, and Daladier. This ended in appeasement of Germany and gave them the Sudetenland. This part of the territory also contained Czechoslovakia's millitary bases. -
Invasion of Poland
Hitler Invades Poland. This is the start of World War 2. -
Operation Barbarossa
This was Hitler's plan to invade the Soviet Union. Germany laid seige to Leningrad and when winter hit they were stopped in their tracks for the time being. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks an american naval base in Hawaii. This destroys 20 warships and 200 aircraft. This is the event that causes the United States to enter World War II. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Japanese were planning to attack New Guinea and one of the Solomon Islands. This message was intercepted by the United States and the British. The US and British then stopped the advance on Austrailia and greatly damaged the Japanese. -
Battle of Midway
Japanese wanted to crush the Pacific Fleet of the United States. The Japanese code was broken during this battle and Nimitz assembled aircraft carriers and ambushed the Japanese. This then crippiled the Japanese and turned into a crucial victory for the Allies. -
Guadalcanal
Japan was building an airbase that had better access to Allied territory. This was a fight for the control of the airbase that continued for six months. This turned the tide in the Pacific. -
Stalingrad
This was the last major German offensive on the Eastern front. The Soviet forces refused to surrender as did Hitler. The Germans became trapped and had few supplies. Their surrender was in January of 1943. -
Rommel’s forces defeated
The United States invades North Africa led by General Eisenhower. On this day the German forces led by Rommel was defeated and forced out of Noth Africa. -
Invasion of Italy
The Invadion of Sicily was in July of 1943. This was the invasion of mailand Italy. Germany rushes to stop the Allied advance and battle slows near Rome. After months of fighting the Allies enter rome in June of 1944. This is the first Axis capital to fall. -
D-Day
The Allied invasioin of France. Germany thought that this invasion was a trick at first. In July the Allies had broken through German lines. Paris was liberated in August. -
Battle of the Bulge
At first Germany was successful and pushed back Allied forces 60 miles. Then for the final time the Allies push through. This was Germany's las major offensive on Western Front. -
Battle of Okinawa
This was the largest landing force in the Pacific. At first Japan did not challenge the landing and retreated to the South. Five days later Japan attacked. This was the bloodiest battle in the Pacific war. -
V-E Day
This marks victory in Europe. The day that German forces surrender without Hitler who had commited suicide. -
Hiroshima
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the United States. -
Nagasaki
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki by the United States. -
Surrender of Japan
The Soviet Union had declared war the day prior the the Surrender of the Japanese. This marks the day that Japan surrendered after the two atomic bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
