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World War II Begins
Germany Invades Poland -
France And Britain Declare War
France And Britain Declare War On Germany, Keeping The Alliance With Poland. -
Hitler Seizes Small Countries
Hitler Takes Control Of Norway, Denmark, And Belgium -
Italy Attacks France
Benito Musselini's Forces Attack France From The South -
U.S Stops Sending Gas To Japan
U.S Withdraws Gas From Japan, This Sparks Protest In The Japanese Government. -
Japan Joins The Axis
Responding To The Embargoes Presented By The U.S, Japan Joins The Axis -
Roosevelt Is Re-Elected
The Democrats Break The Normal Two-Term Tradition And Vote Roosevelt In For A Third Term -
U.S Cracks Japans Code
U.S Naval Intelligence Cryptographers Crack Japans Code, Finding Out About Japans Plans Of Attacking China. -
U.S Seizes Axis Ships
Roosevelt Orders The Coastguard To Capture Any German Ships That Dock At U.S Ports -
Germany Invades Soviet Union
Germany Invades The Soviet Union Violating The NonAggression Pact. -
Roosevelt Warns The Japanese
Roosevelt Warns The Japanese Government To Stop The Aggression On Nearby Countries Or Face U.S Forces -
U.S.S Kearny
German Submarines Damage The U.S.S Kearny Killing 11 Sailers -
Japan Decides To Attack
Japan Decides To Attack The U.S If An Agreement Is Not Met -
Japan Ignores The U.S
Japan Ignores The United States' Requests To Back Out Of China -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Forces Bomb Pearl Harbor On The Coast Of Hawaii -
U.S Declares War
The United States Declares War On Germany, Italy, And Japan -
Largest Budget In U.S History
Roosevelt Delivers His State Of The Union Address, Declaring A Larger Spending Budget Than Ever Before In U.S History -
Italy Surrenders
Italy Completely Surrenders From The War -
D-Day Preparation
The Allied Forces Assemble 2.9 Million Men, 2.5 Million Tons Of Supplies, 11,000 Planes, And A Few Hundred Ships In Preparation For D-Day -
U.S Forces Capture Rome
Allied Forces Capture Rome -
D-Day
The First Of Nearly Three Million Allied Forces Storm The Shores Of Normandy -
Roosevelts Death
Roosevelt Dies From A Brain Hemorrhage -
Hitlers Death
Hitler Commits Suicide -
Germany Surrenders
Germany Surrenders From The War After Hitlers Suicide -
Hiroshima
The First Atomic Bomb Used In War Is Dropped In Hiroshima Killing 75,000 Instantly -
Nagasaki
The Second Atomic Bomb In War Is Dropped IN Nagasaki -
The War Ends
World War II Ends