1921:1938- From Hitler becoming leader of the Nazi Party to the Munich Pact.
1939-From the invasion of Czechoslovakia to the first Canadian troops arriving in Britain.
1940-From the end of the Russo-Finnish War to the battles in Egypt.
1941-From the battles in Libya to the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.
1942-From the Declaration of the United Nations to the Japanese defeat at Gona, New Guinea.
1943-From the Japanese defeat at Buna, New Guinea to Eisenhower becoming Allied supreme commander in Europe.
1944-From the Allied landing at Anzio, Italy, to the German offensive in the Ardennes.
1945-From the Allied landing at Luzon, Philippines, to the surrender of Japan.
1921-Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party.
1922-Fascist leader Benito Mussolini is appointed the Premier of Italy.
1925-Mussolini ends democracy in Italy by dismissing the Italian Parliament.
1933-Adolph Hitler is appointed the Chancellor of Germany.
1933-The Nazis make all other political parties in Germany illegal.
1936-Hitler and Mussolini announced a Rome-Berlin alliance -- the Axis.
1938-Germany invades Austria and annexes it the next day.
1938-Germany, Britain, France, and Italy sign the Munich Pact allowing Germany to invade the Sudeten territories of Czechoslovakia.
1939-German troops enter Prague and complete the invasion of Czechoslovakia, ignoring the Munich Pact.
1939-Britain declares that it will support Poland.
1939-Italy invades Albania.
1939-Allies form non-aggression pacts with Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Poland.
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