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September 1, 1939-
Germany
invades
Poland
and seizes Danzig
September 3, 1939- Britain
and France
at war with Germany
June 10, 1940-
Italy
declares war on
France
and Britain; invades France
June 14, 1940- Germans enter Paris; city undefended
June 22, 1941-
Hitler
attacks Russia
December
7, 1941- Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor,
Philippines, Guam force U.S.
into war
December 11, 1941-
U.S.
and
Britain
declare war on Japan.
Germany
and Italy
declare war on U.S.; Congress declares war on those countries
February 15, 1942- British surrender Singapore
to Japanese
February 19, 1942-
Roosevelt
orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in western U.S.
to be moved to internment camps
April 9, 1942-
U.S.
forces on Bataan peninsula in Philippines
surrender
June 10, 1942-
Village
of
Lidice
in Czechoslovakia razed by Nazis
September 10, 1943- Nazis seize Rome
June 4, 1944-
U.S.
and British troops enter Rome
August 25, 1944-
Italy
liberated
May 1, 1945- Suicide of Hitler announced
August 6, 1945-
U.S.
drop A-Bomb on Hiroshima
August 9, 1945-
U.S.
drop A-Bomb on
Nagasaki
August 12, 1945- Japan
successfully tests an A-Bomb
August 14, 1945-
Japan
agrees to surrender
September 2, 1945- Japanese sign surrender terms aboard
battleship
Missouri
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