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Nazis burn Jewish Author's Books
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Mussolini Invades Ethiopia
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Hitler and Mussolini form the "Axis"
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Hitler Annexes Austria
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Synagogues and Jewish shops are destroyed by Nazist mobs in Germany
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Germany Invades Poland
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Cruise Ship Athenia is sunk by a German submarine
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Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa declare war on Germany
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Soviet Union invades Poland
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Canada declares war on Germany
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Italy annexes Albania
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assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in Munich fails
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Soviet Union attacks Finland
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Heisenberg reports on the possibility of building an atomic bomb for Germany
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Germany creates a Jewish ghetto in Lodz, Poland
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Soviet Union bombs Sweden
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Holland surrenders
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Belgium surrenders
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Norway surrenders
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France surrenders to Germany and a new government, led by Philippe Petain, moves the capital to Vichy
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Italy surrenders in Africa and Ethiopia regains its independence
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the Japanese navy attacks the USA fleet at Pearl Harbor
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USA sends the first troops to Britain
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Gas chamber is inaugurated at Auschwitz
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USA bombers drop bombs on Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka-Kobe and Nagoya
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USA navy defeats the Japanese navy in the Midway battle, which ends with the sinking of five aircraft carriers
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USA launches the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb
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USA and Britain under general Patton land in Sicily
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Allies land in Normandy and begin the invasion of France
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USA land on Iwo Jima
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Germany surrenders
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USA wins the battle of Okinawa, the last major island battle, but with a casualty rate of 35%
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Nagasaki is Bombed by USA
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Japan surrenders to the USA
