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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. This means lots of killing. Germany begins legal discrimination against the Jews -
U.S. Presedent
Franklin D. Rosevelt re-elected as presedent -
Axis powers
Japan and Germany make an alliance called the Axis powers -
Germany invades Poland
Garmany invades Poland and captures it in 1 day -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japan sinking lots of ships and destroying planes and air feilds. This is what made the US go to war -
D-Day
On June 6th 1944 US troops invaded the beaches Juno, Omaha, Swoard, Gold, Utha in Normady France. -
V-1 rockets
Germany launches the first V-1 rocket attack on Britain on June 13. These first rockets reached a hight of about 3,000 feet and traveled at 350 miles per hour. -
Normany victory
US troops break out of normady and advance across France. -
Germany using V-2's
Germany begins using V-2 rockets against Britain. The V-2 travels faster than the speed of sound, reaching a height of 50 miles before turning downward toward its target at nearly 4,000 miles per hour. More than a thousand V-2 rockets were fired at London, each carrying a 2,000-pound warhead. -
Hitler dies
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
test of atomic bomb
On July 16, the US successfully tests the first atomic bomb in the desert of New Mexico. This "Trinity" explosion was equivalent to 20 kilotons (20,000 tons) of TNT -
Little boy
The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the bomb was named Little boy -
Fat Man
the second atomic bomb was dropedd on Nagisaki -
Japan surrendures
Japan surrendures unconditionaly to the US