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Olympic games begin in Berlin.
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Adolf Hitler made a speech commemorating that event and also made a public threat against the Jews
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Germany invades Poland
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Soviets invades Poland
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Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets.
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Germany took out France
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Belgium surrenders to the Nazis.
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the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces
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Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles.
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The Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
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Hitler’s objective was invading the Soviet Union
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
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the Japanese hoped to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific Theatre.
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The Allies had been on the defensive in the Pacific Theatre.
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The battle was a disaster for Germany, and made victory in the East virtually impossible.
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the final offensive the Germans were able to launch in the east.
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Americans started to fight with the Nazis
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Americans had breached Japan’s inner defensive ring and had bases that could be used by B-29 Superfortresses to bomb the Japanese home islands
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It was victory day. The Nazis gave up.
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Japan finally surrendered.
