World War II

By joycemullins

  • World War II Begins

  • Great Britain and France Declare War on Germany

    To honor their guarantee of Poland's borders.

  • Soviet Union Invades Poland

  • Warsaw Surrenders

    The Polish government flees into exile.
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    The Winter War

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    Germany Invades Denmark and Norway

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    The Soviet Union Occupies the Baltic States

  • Germany Sends Afrika Korps to North Africa

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    The Dismemberment of Yugoslavia

    Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invade and dismember Yugoslavia.
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    The Invasion of the Soviet Union

    Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers invade the Soviet Union.

  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  • The United States Declares War on Japan

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    Germany and its Allies Declare War on the U.S.

  • Allied Troops Liberate Rome

  • D-Day

    Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy.

  • Hitler Commits Suicide

  • The US. Drops An Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

  • The U.S. Drops An Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki

  • Japan Formally Surrenders: WW II Ends