Timeline by Laila Lawson

Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany.

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The Allie group

U.S
Britain
Soviet Union
France
Canada

The Axis group

Germany
Italy
Europe

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Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States. On May 8, 1945 - known as Victory in Europe. The war in Europe was over, and the Allies and liberated regions celebrated the end of the long ordeal. Germany was thoroughly defeated; its industries and cities were badly damaged.

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By the end of the War, Asia and parts of Africa, lay in ruins. Combat and bombing had flattened cities and towns, destroyed bridges and railroads, and scorched the countryside. Britain and France lost most of their empires. Germany, Italy, and Japan were conquered and occupied. The Soviet Union lost its most productive citizens. More than twenty million died in the war. But since the war the economies were growing stronger. The feminist movement gained momentum since so many women worked during

wwll. As millions of men and women entered the service and production boomed, unemployment virtually disappeared. The need for labor opened up new opportunities for women and African Americans and other minorities.

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After Japan agreed to surrender on August 14, 1945, American forces began to occupy Japan. Japan formally surrendered to the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. The news spread quickly and on September 2, 1945, a formal surrender of documents were signed designating the day as the official Victory over Japan.

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The situation in Germany after World War 2 was tragic. Millions of Germans were homeless from Allied bombing campaigns that razed entire cities. And millions more Germans living in Poland and East Prussia became refugees when the Soviet Union expelled them. The war, along with Hitler's scorched-earth policy, had destroyed 20 percent of all housing. Food production in 1947 was only 51 percent of its level in 1938, and the official food ration set by the occupying powers varied between 1,040 and 1,550 calories per day. Every industrial country, except the United States, came out of the war with its resources, agriculture, and manufacturing largely destroyed.

December 7, 1941 when the Japanese simultaneously attacked American military bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines and invaded Thailand and the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

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Countries that participated

Japan
U.S
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
The Netherlands
Canada
China
France
Soviet Union