Major Events of World War II

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Major Events of World War II by Mind Map: Major Events of World War II

1. Hitler becomes the Chancellor for Germany

1.1. Jan. 30, 1933

2. Japan takes control over North China

2.1. July 7, 1937, Japanese forces defeat the Chinese at Peking

3. Roosevelt bans arms ship from going to Asia

3.1. Sept. 14, 1937

4. Roosevelt calls for action

4.1. Oct. 5, 1937

4.2. Roosevelt delivers a speech calling for peaceful nations to help stop the war

5. Germany and Japan become allies

5.1. Feb. 20, 1938

6. Mussolini declares his support for Germany with a speech in Rome

6.1. May 14, 1938

7. Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia

7.1. Hitler breaks his promise that he would leave the Czechoslovakia region alone

7.2. Mar 5, 1939

8. Germany invades Poland

8.1. Sep. 1, 1939

9. Japanese join the Axis powers in response to the embargoes imposed by the U.S.

9.1. Sep. 27, 1940

10. Pearl Harbor

10.1. Dec. 7, 1941

11. Italy surrenders on Sep. 8, 1943

12. D-Day: 3 million Allied soliders arrive on Normandy beach

12.1. Jun. 6, 1944

13. Germany surrenders on May 2, 1945

14. Americans drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki

14.1. Aug. 6 & 9, 1945 respectively

15. World War II ends officially on Sept. 2, 1945