September 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria
July 7, 1937 Japan invades China, brings the Pacific into WWII
August 23, 1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement
September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland
September 17, 1939 The Soviet Union invades Poland
November 30, 1939 The Soviet Union invades Finland
April 9, 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark
April 6-June 1941 Yugoslavia is dismembered
December 11, 1941 Nazi Germany and Axis powers declare war on the United States
January 1, 1942 The United Nations is created by 26 Allied countries.
January 7, 1942 Battle of Bataan begins
January 13, 1942 Germany launches a U-boat attack against the East United States
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October 25, 1936 Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation
September 29, 1938 The Munich Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain
May 10-June 22, 1940 Germany attacks western Europe, including France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium
June 21, 1940 Italy invades France
July 10-October 31, 1940 The Battle of Britain
September 27, 1940 The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan
June 22, 1941 Nazi Germany and the Axis powers invade the Soviet Union
December 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
December 8, 1941 The United States declares war on Japan, enters WWII
April 1942 Japanese-Americans are sent to internment camps.
The Holocaust begins and millions of people were murdered based on their race
May 7, 1945 Germans surrender unconditionally
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