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build up to ww2
the treaty of vercailles and economic problems are a couple of long term build ups to ww2 the treaty made the germans feel that it was unfair and wanted to prove that they were powerful hyper inflation made the german people were desperate for a new leader and adolf hitler said he could solve there problems -
Germany engages in territorial aggression
how europe went to war In 1939 the Second World War was the most destructive conflict in human history years of international tension and aggressive expansion by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany culminated in the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later Sep 3 sep 1939 -
Germany invades Poland
the invasion of poland marked the beginning of world war II -
france and britain declare war on germany
on September 3 1939 in response to hitler's invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany -
the japanese attacked the us navy in pearl harbor
franklin roosevelt called december 7 1941 On that day Japanese planes attacked the united states naval base at pearl harbor hawaii territory the bombing killed more than 2300 americans -
dday and the normandy invasion
the western allies of world war 2 launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they attacked german positions at normandy located on the northern coast of France on 6 June 1944 -
The Germans launched a large attack in the Battle of the bulge
battle of the bulge begins on december 16 1944 the germans launch the last major offensive of the war operation mist also known as the ardennes offensive and the battle of the bulge an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern france to northwestern belgium -
ve day
on may 7 1945 germany officially surrendered to the allies bringing an end to the european conflict in world war 2 -
Two atomic bombs dropped by the US on 2 cities in Japan
On August 6 1945 during World War II an american B29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima the explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80000 people tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure -
Japan surrenders to US
representatives from the japanese government and allied forces assembled aboard the uss missouri in tokyo bay to sign the japanese Instrument of surrender which effectively ended World War 2 the document was prepared by the us war department and approved by president harry truman