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WWII Timeline: Kenny

By thekennyc
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    WWII

  • Japan takes Manchuria

    Japan takes Manchuria

  • Italy invades and takes Ethiopia.

    Italy invades and takes Ethiopia.

    Ethiopia's armies were far less advanced than Italy, and Italy saw this as an easy starting point.
  • Hitler goes against the Treaty of Versailles

    Hitler goes against the Treaty of Versailles

    Built German armies in defiance of the Treaty, then in 1936 he sent troops into the "demilitarized" Rhineland bordering France.
  • Spain enters civil war.

    Spain enters civil war.

  • Japanese armies overran much of eastern China.

    Japanese armies overran much of eastern China.

    This started the Secibd Sino-Japanese War, Western protest's did not stop Japan.
  • Hitler makes nonaggression pact with Joseph Stalin

    Hitler makes nonaggression pact with Joseph Stalin

  • The nazi's start forcing Jews to live in Ghettos

    The nazi's start forcing Jews to live in Ghettos

  • Japanese take European possession

    Japanese take European possession

    E.G oil, rubber, and tin

  • Germany invades Poland

  • Japan advances into French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies

  • Hitler forces france to surrender

  • German bombers appear over London.

    German bombers appear over London.

  • Axis controlled most of Europe

  • German planes bomb London until May 1941

  • FDR persuaded Congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act.

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

  • The Battle of the Coral Sea.

    battle lasted five days,

  • The "Big Three"-Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin- agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia.

  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Jews have killed some six million Jews

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