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Modern World History

This guide is designed to assist students in finding resources for their Modern World History classes. Timeline 1400-Present

Allied Powers

The Big Four

United Kingdom / Great Britain September 1939

Soviet Union June 1941

United States Dec. 1941

Republic of China 1942

Occupied Allied Countries by Axis Powers 

Poland invaded on September 1, 1939

France invaded on September 3, 1939

Norway invaded on April 8, 1940

Denmark invaded on April 9, 1940

Belgium, Luxembourg, & Netherlands invaded on May 10, 1940 

Greece invaded on October 28, 1940

Axis Powers

Nazi Germany / German Reich 1933-1945 

Kingdom of Italy (1922-1943 controlled by Benito Mussolini), 1939-1943 / Italian Social Republic, 1943-1945 

Empire of Japan 1940: Japan invaded China in 1937, starting the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945