World War II time line by Selena Kolb

September 18, 1931

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1937 - 1939

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The name given to Britain's policy in 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked.

September 29-30, 1938

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Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses to Nazi Germany.

September 30, 1938

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August 23-24 1939

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The countries agreed that they would not attack each other and secretly divided the countries that lay between them

May 10, 1940

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May 26, 1940

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A big boost for British morale

September 7, 1940

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The sustained campaign of aerial bombing attacks on British towns and cities carried out by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) from September 1940 until May 1941

September 27, 1940

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A military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies

January 30, 1933

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Slaughter on a mass scale of Jews.

June 22, 1941

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December 8, 1941

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December 8, 1941

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December 7, 1941

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The site of the unprovoked aerial attack on the United States by Japan

May 4, 1942

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Naval and air engagement in which a U.S fleet turned back a Japanese invasion force that had been heading for strategic Port Moresby in New Guinea.

June 1942

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The Japanese offensive in the Pacific was overturned and the United States began offensive action in the Pacific

August 1942 - February, 1943

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Stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies

June 6, 1944

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The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy

June 6, 1944

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Victory in Europe Day, Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States

April 1st - June 22nd, 1945

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August 6-9, 1945

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May 7, 1945

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