He is succeeded by President Harry Truman.ġ945 March 22 - The US Third Army under General Patton crosses the Rhine River.ġ945 April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.ġ945 May 7 - Germany surrenders to the Allies.ġ945 August 6 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. After a fierce battle they capture the island.ġ945 April 12 - US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. They lose to the Allies sealing the fate of the German army.ġ945 February 19 - US Marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.ġ944 August 25 - Paris is liberated from German control.ġ944 December 16 - The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge.
The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.ġ942 June 4 - The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.ġ943 July 10 - The Allies invade and take the island of Sicily.ġ943 September 3 - Italy surrenders to the Allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.ġ944 June 6 - D-day and the Normandy invasion. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.ġ940 September 22 - Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Alliance.ġ941 June 22 - Germany and the Axis Powers attack Russia with a huge force of over four million troops.ġ941 December 7 - The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. World War II begins.ġ939 September 3 - France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.ġ940 April 9 to June 9 - Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.ġ940 May 10 to June 22 - Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France.ġ940 May 30 - Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.ġ940 June 10 - Italy enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.ġ940 July 10 - Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. This is also called the Anschluss.ġ939 September 1 - Germany invades Poland. This was a pact against communism and Russia.ġ938 March 12 - Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.ġ936 October 25 - Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.ġ936 November 25 - Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact.
Here is a timeline listing some of the major events:ġ933 January 30 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
There were several major events leading up to the war and then during the war.
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