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WWII
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Munich Conference
Conference between Germany, France, England and Italy. -
Invasion of Poland
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German Invasions
Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. -
Allied Evacuation
The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France. -
Italy Declares War
Italy declares war on France and Great Britain. -
France Surrenders
France Surrenders to Germany. -
Battle of Britain Begins
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U.S. Draft
The United States begins its first peacetime draft. -
Lend-Lease Bill
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill. -
Germany Sinks (Hood)
The British ship (Hood) is sunk by Germany's (Bismarck) -
Retaliation
The Bismarck is sunk by the British. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades the Soviet Union -
Atlantic Conference
The Atlantic Conference Begins, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the leaders of Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; equal access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social -
Siege of Leningrad
Nazi Germany encircled Leningrad (USSR) and began a 900 day Siege, September 8 1941 until January 27 1944. -
The Bombing at Pearl Harbor
The Japanese launch an aerial sneak attack on Peal Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii. -
United States Declares War
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; the United States declares war on Germany and Italy. -
The Wannsee Conference
A meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. -
The Doolittle Raid on Japan
18 April 1942, was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. -
The Battle Of Midway Begins
Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy (USN), under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo on Midway Atoll. -
Battle of Stalingrad
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Operation Torch
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The Invasion of Normandy
Was the invasion and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II, the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place. -
Siege of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad ends after 900 days. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
On 20 October, United States troops invaded the island of Leyte as part of a strategy aimed at isolating Japan from the countries it had occupied in Southeast Asia, and in particular depriving its forces and industry of vital oil supplies. -
Yalta Conference
Stalin, FDR and Churchill -
Iwo Jima
Bloody battle in the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. -
Okinawa
Operation Iceberg; longest amphibious assault in the Pacific. -
Bombing at Nagasaki
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Roosevelt Dies
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Battle of Berlin
Faught in Germany, Russia beat us there. This is where Hitler and Germany would start to panic. -
Execution of Mussolini
Mussolini was shot by Italians and hung up in the city to be beaten and humiliated. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
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V-E Day
was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
Truman, Stalin and Churchill; postwar plans. -
Bombing at Hiroshima
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Japan Surrenders
By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.
