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A timeline about WWII

Created by Drbob on Mar 9, 2011

Last updated: 03/13/11 at 02:05 PM

• US drops Atomic bomb on Japan
  Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945

  A U.S. B-29 named Enola Gay drops the "Little Boy" atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, (Aug 9) a U.S. B-29 named Bock's Car drops the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/1945.html

• Allies Capture Sicily
  1944

  The Allies capture Sicily. Italy stops fighting the Allies.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Allies Land in Normandy
  Jun 6, 1944

  The Allies land on the beaches of Normandy in France
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Germany Fails to Capture Stalingrad
  1942

  Germany fails to capture the Russian city of Stalingrad.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Pearl Harbor
  Dec 7, 1941

  Japanese forces bomb Pearl Harbor. The United States enters the war the next day.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Hitler Orders Destruction Of Jewish Race
  1941

  Hitler orders the destruction of all of Europe's Jews.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Germany Invades Soviet Union
  Jun 1941

  Germany invades the Soviet Union
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Battle of Britan
  1940

  Battle of Britan takes place.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Germany conquers more of Europe
  Jan 1940 to Jun 1940

  Germany conquers Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Nazis invade Poland
  Sep 1939

  The Nazis invade Poland. Two days later Great Britan and France declare war on Germany.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Franco establishes dictatorship
  1939

  Franco establishes dictatorship in Spain.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Germany invades Austria and Czechoslovakia
  1938

  Germany invades and takes over Austria and Czechoslovakia.
  http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212881/annex.html

• Spanish civil war
  1936

  The Spanish civil war breaks out
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Italian invasion of Ethiopia
  1935

  Italy invades Ethiopia.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/

• Japan takes over Manchuria
  1931

  Japan takes over Manchuria, a region in China.
  http://www.worldwariihistory.info/